Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

I will ask Mr. Harrison to cover the second of those issues on the regulatory reviews and on what the airport will look like at the end of the decade.

Specifically, before I do that, on the question of pier 1 in terminal 1, we walked it together in the past week. We have a long list of the matters raised by the Deputy. On the question of teas and coffees to be provided in the summer peak months at the far end of that terminal, that is, when one has gone right after Starbucks, has done the walkways and is down at gate 116 at the end of pier 1 in terminal 1, this is an area that could be looked at. There might be permanent cafes which we will always look at with respect to where they will go in a permanent space, but we are also looking at how we provide those facilities on what I call the big cup final days, when one has the big exodus from Ireland. These are fairly predictable days. The provision of the teas and coffees is a good idea - we had the same idea - and we are looking at that.

On checking in at T1, we, meaning the DAA and Ryanair, specifically, would not want to have to do check-in there. Ryanair is looking at the bag drop in all of the airports it operates in, including Dublin Airport and T1, obviously. That is something where we would like that one could go straight to security, or through Fast Track, without having to do check-in. However, on completing that whole check-in process, in the case of a family with big bags that have to be checked in, it is about making that smoother and taking away the big density of people who are there. I know that Ryanair is looking at a number of initiatives, as will we.

On Starbucks, mentioned by the Deputy, it does get tight there at that point. If it is a Good Friday morning when there are many families and parents with buggies, the space becomes narrow there. The question as to how we might free that space up as much as we can is one thing we have identified. This is not about making it a big year-long project but that we would ask what we could do on Good Friday morning to declutter and make it easier when there is a big throng of people going through.

This is the daily grind and on those big cup final days, we are looking at those three things the Deputy has mentioned. I ask Mr. Harrison to cover the regulatory regime issue and what we think the airport needs to look like at the end of the decade.