Ms Mary Considine:

I will start with the Deputy's final point. It is a great opportunity. Innovation will be central to decarbonising aviation. I referred to sustainable aviation fuels, SAFs, and the opportunity for Ireland to be a producer and, ultimately, net exporter, given the abundance of floating offshore wind energy, other green energy and hydrogen that will be derived from that work.

FMCI, in particular FMCI Air, is doing innovative work in, for example, drone technology. It is looking into the first pilot vertiport adjacent to the airport. We are working with and enabling it. It is working closely with the regulator – the IAA – on safety aspects. Taking that technology and bringing it into a live environment in uncongested airspace presents an opportunity. I do not just mean the vertiport itself, but also the industries that grow up around it. Let us consider Shannon's aviation cluster. We have ten hangars on the airfield. They do not just create employment; an entire supply chain supports them.

We are always looking at new opportunities. We in Shannon have always had to think outside the box and are constantly looking at the next thing we can do. We have seen down the years how we need to diversify our revenue base. There is downward pressure on aeronautical revenue. All of our other revenue streams are important to ensuring that our business is resilient and sustainable into the future.