Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. We are interviewing the chairperson-designate of a company that will no longer exist in three or four months' time. However, that is beside the point. When the chairperson of the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, appeared before the committee, he made the point that the level of charges the airport was allowed to levy was based on the fact it was dealing with up to 32 million passengers a year. Clearly, it is not seeing those passenger numbers now and the passenger charge is unsustainably low based on current traffic levels. What is happening in terms of liaison between the IAA and the DAA to ensure Dublin Airport is in a position to keep itself going sustainably? What is the IAA's role in facilitating sustainability as part of its economic regulation function? How will it ensure the airport is sustainable into the future?