Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are vehemently opposed to the €200 million for the tunnel underneath the airport. They are very much in favour of a third terminal being built. It has come up. I expect what their response will be, but I need to put the question anyway. The argument would be that building a third terminal will just go to continue to grow Dublin. They are looking at other airports. I take the point. We have one airport dominating the eastern seaboard and four in all on the western seaboard, making up about 13% of travel flights at the moment. If we build a third terminal, what is the counterargument to say that is not going to have a further negative impact on the other airports? Is it not just going to continue to drive this big beast above in Dublin?

It is verging on a monopoly situation.