Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Ms Connolly and I ask her to respond from the point of view of Cork, Shannon and Dublin. My sense of it is that some of this is, at the very least, strategic. Previous contributors suggested that this is a strategy on the part of the company which is possibly using Covid-19 as a cover. Reference was also made to the extent of State supports. What does the future hold in terms of the prospect of offshoring? Is it happening already or is the threat of it there? In terms of the supports that are in place, there is a concern that there will be a cliff edge. In terms of short-time work supports, for example, a number of cabin crew have already contacted me because they have moved over to jobseeker's allowance. These are people who have liabilities. I ask Ms Connolly to give us a sense of the concerns of workers and the future direction of travel for Aer Lingus in particular.