Mr. Donal Moriarty:

We are currently going through a regulatory process with the Commission for Aviation Regulation where the airport presents its view of airport charges, pricing and infrastructure to the regulator. All industry participants - airlines - participate in that process. The process leads to a reasonably robust exchange between the regulator, the airport and the airlines, which is to be expected and is probably appropriate. In that context, we have discussions and views on the development of infrastructure at Dublin Airport. The opening of the new northern runway in August was very welcome in that it is a key piece of infrastructure for the airport and the country but more infrastructure is required. As Mr. O'Neill mentioned, a new pier, stands and airport infrastructure are required to service that new runway. Aer Lingus is concerned that such infrastructure is not planned to be delivered quickly enough. The current capital expenditure programme of Dublin Airport sees that infrastructure primarily coming on stream in 2029-2030, which we believe is too late. Inevitably, that difference of opinion creates some challenges and tensions but, as Mr. O'Neill has said, on an operational level we work very well with Dublin Airport. The DAA supported us hugely in the context of 10 September. Indeed, after its own difficulties on 29 May, it recovered very strongly over the summer such that Dublin Airport performed much better than peer airports across Europe during the course of this year.