Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy is aware, we have received state aid approval for €26 million and many of the airports have already put in their submissions to the Department regarding capital projects in which they wish to invest. That work is ongoing. It is important that I mention that I am meeting with industry. I am having a second meeting tomorrow of the Labour Employer Economic Forum, on which ICTU is represented. The Minister and I held a meeting of the National Civil Aviation Development Forum, which contains the CEOs of the main airlines and the airports. A subgroup of that forum is looking at a roadmap for what we need to do now and what we need to do over the next few weeks and months because we are coming out of this and there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel as vaccines are rolled out and we need a plan and roadmap in place. This is why I and my officials am engaging on a weekly basis with the aviation industry with regard to what this recovery will look like. It is very important that we are planning and engaging with ICTU and the airlines with regard to what this recovery will look like.