Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The best country we can look at in terms of what is happening is perhaps Israel, where they have had an advanced roll-out of Covid vaccines. We will have to see how they get their aviation sector up and running because things in their wider population seem to be improving at a faster rate than other countries.

I will ask the representatives from IALPA something and maybe they will come back afterwards on it. Many IALPA pilots have contacted me about the difficulties they are having getting out of Ireland to, maybe, Heathrow to fly a service from Heathrow to China, the Far East, Australia or wherever it may be. The supply chain pilots or pilots still working for British or continental-based airlines that need to get out on a Wednesday morning to an airport hub to take up work for the week were having difficulties. I have written an awful lot and corresponded with the Department of Transport on their behalf. Is that still a problem?

The last query I have is for Mr. Dawson and the travel agents. I dealt a lot over the past three days with an issue in County Clare. There is still an issue with people who booked with Ryanair through third-party travel agents and that needs to be looked at.