Mr. Vincent Harrison:

First, for all the reasons the Senator has called out there, it would be preferable that these processes be completed quickly and smoothly. Clearly the authority that the Senator mentioned is among the stakeholders with which we are actively and proactively engaging. We considered a whole variety of contingency measures last year when it was apparent that there was not sufficient availability of capacity including discussions as to whether we could indeed lease that car park short-term. That was not made available to us and did not come to fruition. We also engaged with the Department to see whether we could achieve fast-track emergency provision to enable us to expand car parking into other temporary areas. Again, that was not considered to be capable of being provided by the Department and the Minister. There are a whole range of ways we sought to make available more capacity. We engaged in extensive promotion of alternative routes to the airport such as the use of public transport. We have engaged with the Department of Transport again regarding bus provision because one of the things that has happened with the return of public transport is that while in the middle of the day many of the services have returned, in the early hours and at night time when either our staff are looking to access the airport for early starts or indeed many of the passengers are coming for early morning flights, that type of capacity has not been properly restored yet in the public transport system. There are indeed a range of contingencies which we have sought and will continue to seek but they are not all entirely within our gift. Clearly, we are absolutely anxious and we made this our number one priority to say that if there is available existing capacity, rather than leaving it closed and shuttered, we are interested in making it available to passengers.