Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate

Mr. Pádraig Ó Céidigh:

That again is thinking outside the box. There is a very fine training school in Cork. There was one, about four to six years ago in Waterford that did not work and had to close down, unfortunately. Members may be aware many people actually remortgaged their homes to do pilot training which is very expensive. An aviation school is very interesting. The possibility of working with the University of Limerick, Limerick Institute of Technology or the National University of Ireland Galway might be a really interesting concept to explore from that perspective. I might add that pilots must do ongoing training every six months. It is mandatory. I am sorry, the training is at least once a year. It is a health check they must do every six months. There is the possibility to develop simulator training, what is called sim training. There is one in Dublin at the moment and that caters for a fair amount but there may be the possibility of more, or that company may be interested in setting up simulator training programmes in Shannon, for example. Senator Conway's point is well made and I have made a note of it. I thank him.

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