Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This issue is raised at the EU Council transport meetings. There is a whole swathe of legislation coming through the Council meetings and particularly with regard to the Fit for 55 plan to meet climate targets. We had thought that the agreement on open skies would be one of the policies to be progressed more quickly, and we are frustrated at the delay and difficulty in getting that. From an Irish perspective, it makes eminent sense. It makes for a safer, cleaner, quicker and better air system for everybody. That is still being debated within the complex Council trilogue process. We would like to see it resolved immediately in the Swedish Presidency. Going on my recollection of our last briefing with officials, we have been surprised at how slow and difficult it has been to get other countries in Europe to agree that. We certainly continue to push it. We would like to see it delivered as part of this package of legislation before the Council.