Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

I cannot speak for the Taoiseach; he will speak for himself. Is there an urgency in the language I am using? There is. Why is that? It is because we have constant conversations with the airlines, and they will be making their plans next year. The airlines, be they big airlines, general aviation companies or charter operators, can say they can do what they want in Dublin next year by way of passenger numbers. As such, we had to introduce urgency because we are complying with the 32 million with every passenger counted, but excluding transfers. We are complying with that. As we look at next year, airlines have been telling us their plans. It was clear to us that some of them were thinking we could operate to 36 million. It is naïve for them to think that, but it is why there is a greater sense of urgency. We have to flag to people that we are going to comply, as we are, and that is 32 million. If the demand from the airline goes above that, choices will have to be made. There would then be a sequencing in the choices to be made. That is why we are flagging that routes like that from Dublin to Malaga, which is currently flown by Aer Lingus and Ryanair, will keep going because there are grandfather rights on those particular slots. If a new airline somewhere in the world, however, is thinking it can come to Dublin and have 2 million passengers there, it cannot do so. That is what we are flagging to the airlines. The airlines are bullish. Dublin is a low-charge airport. They all want to come here. Many of the ones that are here want to expand. We are saying that all the airlines cannot do that and choices have to be made. Those choices will be made with the regulator because there is a regulated process on how that works. I see a greater need for urgency because I see what our airline customers are seeking to do. We are complying with the 32 million cap and, therefore, choices must be made. We are flagging that is what will happen.