Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I respect that and I respect Aer Lingus is a separate company to Ryanair and operates and trades differently. Ryanair has committed to Shannon and faces all the same constraints Ms Embleton referred to. We do need to see that. On the point of staffing and efficiencies, there is no one in cabin crew in Shannon drawing a salary of €70,000 or €80,000 per annum. I am not an economist or an accountant but I cannot see how bussing a crew of four down, putting them up in a hotel overnight and giving them all those additional top-up allowances would equate to efficiency over using the airline's existing staff.

I will move on. What financial supports is Aer Lingus currently seeking from the State and has conditionality been built into any of those, thus far?