Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want Cork Airport to work as well. I have family in Cork and we all want to see the regions work. However, Shannon Airport is being starved to some extent. Notwithstanding the wonderful work that Mary Considine and her team are doing there, it is always against a backdrop that a relatively small amount of the kind of business I talked about - the transit and cargo - would make such a difference to that airport. It is not only about the airport. It is also about the community it serves and the employment it retains in the region.