John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for allowing me in. I appreciate it. I thank Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Wilson for attending. I compliment them and their company on what they have done to open air travel to our country on the western periphery of Europe, as they outlined. I thank them from a personal perspective for the route they have from Dublin to Košice in Slovakia, given that my wife is originally from there. From a practical perspective, it means that rather than us flying into Bratislava, Rzeszów or Budapest and having a four- or five-hour journey on the other side, we can fly in and are with my wife's family within 30 minutes. That is a practical example of what Ryanair has done to open up connectivity across Europe.