Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I am trying to join the dots.

What was emailed to us this morning concerned several elements. It included the Minister of State's speech, which had a lot of content, and tables. I will hone in on the tables. Reference was made to public service obligations, PSOs. There was a budget heading of €23.8 million. I want to drill down on that figure. Last week four members of the committee travelled to the Netherlands to examine a range of issues in terms of how it grapples with public transport, cycling and, most important, aviation policy. There is an application before the Department from the Shannon Airport group to have a PSO operate between Shannon Airport and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. That is all the more important since Brexit. We in Shannon and the west of Ireland feel quite peripheral, and I think the Minister of State, who is from Galway, understands that. We are quite remote now, in terms of motherland Europe. What is the position regarding the PSO? Is it provided for in the headings or have I misread that? How will it be progressed? Will it ultimately go to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?