Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is essential to have some hub connectivity into Europe. There is Heathrow Airport in London, but since the advent of Brexit, that is no longer the perfect stepping stone to continental Europe. The Committee on Transport and Communications travelled to Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports some weeks ago to see what they had to offer in aviation. We were very impressed by it. It is time to move on with the decision. I hope it will be approved. Even if it is not to be approved, it is important to move it off the table. The big heavy hitters in the airline business have already set out their summer routes, and as they plan for the autumn schedule and what comes after that, they are looking at the prospect of a PSO sitting on the table, as it were, and not moving. While this remains undecided, it makes it difficult for an operator who wants to run a service to Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle or Frankfurt. Will the Minister's office move it on?