Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion
Mr. Basil Geoghegan:
The starting point is the joined up regulatory system and policy. If we had that, it would be fantastic for the country, never mind for the DAA. We would show real agility and efficiency. The recently announced help the Government is giving from a tourism and airline perspective is very positive. A close eye will have to be kept on that as to for how long it needs to go on and to see what are the cause and effect. I hope the market will respond quickly to that. As for airports other than Dublin, whether Cork, Shannon or the others, the Government's investment on a regional basis is very important. That goes to the help we got in respect of Cork Airport on the runway. All those points are important. That is probably ongoing. I do not think it is necessarily Covid-related. It is just a sensible economic investment to make.
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