Mr. Niall MacCarthy:

I thank the Deputy. It was a great pleasure to welcome him to Cork. We were grateful for his recent visit. When we were engaging with Lufthansa for a Frankfurt route, we had to provide it with research about the companies based in the Munster region which were likely to use the route. We went to IDA Ireland and the chamber of commerce. We also had to engage with Tourism Ireland on the marketing of that route in Germany. It was very good. When we are approaching an airline about a new route we put together what we call a coalition of the willing. That would normally be Tourism Ireland and our local tourism body, Pure Cork. If it is a business route, IDA Ireland, the chamber of commerce and the city and county councils might be involved. We would offer them a scaled discount on airport charges for year one, with 80% off in year two. However, they would need a lot of marketing and research. I am trying to be brief because I know the other contributors wish to respond. That tends to work well. The ask will be different from different airports at different scales. The ask from a smaller airport in this group will be different. All we want is that we can avail of State supports in relation to capital and funding. We will do the hard work beyond that. There might be a different ask from smaller airports.