Mr. Donal Moriarty:

On the previous occasion I was before the committee, I explained that decision in detail. The reason that decision was made was to ensure the financial viability of the routes out of Shannon Airport - Shannon to London Heathrow and transatlantic services. That decision was crucial in ensuring the resumption of services out of Shannon Airport. Looking at the requirements for those services, closure of our cabin crew base in Shannon was essential. As the Deputy mentioned earlier, those employees were given the options to redeploy to Dublin or Cork, or take voluntary severance. All of that was successfully implemented. We were able to give those employees the choices they wanted at that time.