Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a lot of questions. I will be quick and the witnesses might be quick as well, in Ryanair style. The witnesses are always welcome and have been very insightful. We did not expect a thesis on school transportation, and that is something we need to look into further. My first question concerns environmental policies, which the witnesses mentioned. Our committee recently travelled to Amsterdam and Rotterdam to look at how their national aviation policy is framed. We were told in Rotterdam airport that there is an elephant in the room, which Ireland has not yet grasped. These are the environmental limits. They are at capacity but it is not due to lack of runway, or hanger space, or floor space in the airport. They are at environmental capacity and it is coming hot and heavy across Europe. The European Commission will want to replicate the Dutch model throughout all member states. What do Ryanair say to that? This committee has never even spoken about noise emissions and areas like that. We speak about sustainable aviation fuel, SAF, but not noise emissions.