Mr. Donal Moriarty:

To clarify a couple of aspects, during Covid we had the approach of retaining the employment of as many of our colleagues as possible. In fact, fewer than 200 people left the business on voluntary severance during Covid. That is quite a small number of people. In terms of the Shannon cabin crew base specifically, the approximately 90 cabin crew who were located there were offered three choices, namely, to relocate to Dublin or to Cork or to take voluntary severance. All of their individual choices were accommodated. No one was forced to make a particular choice. There was no compulsory redundancy in Aer Lingus throughout Covid. I understand the point the Deputy is making with regard to contracts but forced or enforced redundancy did not arise in Aer Lingus during the Covid pandemic.