Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Mr. Jacobs and thank all the witnesses for coming before us. A number of people have appeared before us in the past while. The Single European Sky is the sort of solution that works for everybody in terms of reducing the number of logistical nightmares people face with delayed flights along with reducing emissions because you are reducing the amount of fuel that is wasted so that goes without saying. This is something we need to keep on the agenda and the Government needs to put on the agenda. The European Commission must do what it can regarding delivering it. It is one of those things nobody is going to get up and give out about.

We need to make sure that what happened last summer does not happen again whether it relates to baggage handling, cancelled flights and the mad queueing scenario. I welcome the fact that Mr. Jacobs spoke about streamlining. Are we fairly sure we will not have those difficulties this summer? We know some of those difficulties were due to the impact of caps at Heathrow. Could Mr. Jacobs tell us how many staff are employed and how many we need to employ to make sure we are at that critical mass?