Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Jacobs's ambitions for Dublin are impressive but let me correct him again - Dublin Airport is not Ireland's airport. Ireland has a network of airports and the responsibility of the Government and this committee is to all of those airports. I am hopeful that the DAA's plans, which are impressive, fully align with Project Ireland 2040, which looks not just at environmental sustainability but at the whole idea of having foreign direct investment, tourism and everything else.

The lovely tourism model we had all the way down along that west coast for years has been relegated to quick-snap Instagram posts. Very few people are overnighting and spending their money on the west coast. This whole idea of having a lopsided country has to be addressed in Project Ireland 2040. Dublin Airport has to grow but so too have the other airports and that market share has to be recalibrated.

I have one very last question, if the Leas-Chathaoirleach allows me. It was stated that Dublin Airport is a good neighbour. We have a litany of questions emailed to us from local residents. I want to hit on one because some of their local representatives are here. When has the DAA met them? They are saying that the authority will talk about all the meetings it has with them. I have five or six emails but they can be summarised with the question, "When has Mr. Jacobs met us? We have never met this guy, and he has never attended our meetings".