James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have previously raised the issue of the capacity constraints and the passenger cap. Inevitably, when the economy is doing well air traffic numbers tend to increase. In Dublin there has been a very significant increase when the economy performs well. It is worth noting that both terminals are in or around their capacity. For the growth of airlines, particularly for our flag carrier, Aer Lingus, which I acknowledge is now owned by AIG, obviously it is important for transatlantic growth and other areas. Is anything being done to look at moving the An Post base and other facilities on the southern side of the airport complex, to facilitate that growth around terminal 2 and having more gates constructed there in the medium term?