Mr. Pádraig Ó Céidigh:

It would be no harm, and I thank the Deputy for raising it. I have not a clue about that. In the first instance perhaps I will raise it with the CEO of Shannon Airport to see if she is aware of it. We will probably take it from there.

The fifth question concerned the Heathrow slots and the risk of losing them. Yes, I definitely would be concerned about that. Maybe it is wishful thinking on my part, but I do not believe it is going to happen. I mentioned earlier the numbers of passengers in and out of the UK from Shannon Airport was in the region of 600,000. The number of passengers in and out of Heathrow from Shannon Airport was 268,000 in 2019. That is a fair number of passengers. Any airline should be able to make a return on that if it has a reasonably decent cost structure. I am very hopeful that we would get Shannon Airport back in there. There is, however, a risk of losing it. The Deputy is right.