Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I say foray because there were a number of amendments we were seeking to have included in the Bill and it took us quite a while to succeed in that. Thankfully, the Minister eventually agreed. Those amendments were around the staffing and around security and safety, which is not necessarily the primary remit of Mr. Bourke. I am curious as to how he thinks the divisions are going to go. It is obvious how the commercial section is going to move and shake but what ambitions and changes does Mr. Bourke see in the short to medium term for the organisation?

I am not sure I am allowed to ask my second question and I am certainly not trying to catch anybody out, but obviously the whole issue of the north runway is very topical in my neck of the woods. Without straying into any legal issues, I am curious to know the perspective of AirNav Ireland on this, given that it gives direction, on a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour basis, to pilots. Would there ever have been any engagement between the Irish Aviation Authority, the airlines and AirNav Ireland with regard to the changes of the use of runways outside the planning process and the permission that would have been applied for? Again, excuse my ignorance if I should already know this. Put simply, the view of people in the local towns and villages is that they have been impacted very negatively in the past year. They have lived beside and been neighbours of the airport for between 25 and 35 years. Indeed, I am one of those people, having lived in close proximity to the airport for 25 years. Something happened last year that has changed people's life experiences and it does not marry with the planning application for the use of the north runway. When staff of AirNav Ireland are giving directions to pilots, are they constrained by the planning or just constrained by safety? How does that work?