Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

There is more flying because the nation is doing better. The deregulation of European aviation is the best thing Europe has ever done. It has been great for Ireland going to the world and for the world coming to Ireland. This is not about people flying more. It is about a young nation whose population continues to grow and finding the right balance to enable us to do that and to stay connected to the world. The Senator is correct that we cannot take the train to Nice or the Costa del Sol and we still want to go there. We have to find the right balance as a periphery island nation in Europe.