Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

We made the infrastructure application last December. I wish we had made it sooner. That is us building capacity and lifting the passenger cap. If the application is granted, the passenger cap will be removed and we can operate to a higher number. We also want to build things to reduce emissions and to be able to operate to a higher number. What we have learned since then is that there is great demand from the airlines. We may make this operational application because it is the right thing to do. Why is it the right thing to do? If we do not do it there will be a loss of connectivity for Ireland and jobs will go. This is what we want to protect. We do not want other airports to take our passengers or airlines from us. We want to be able to grow and this is the most important thing. We are not all over the shop. We are being very pragmatic. We wish planning in Ireland would go faster. We wish we had made an infrastructure application sooner. We will not be caught out again. We want to get all our planning in order so we can grow Dublin Airport and Cork Airport to meet the transport demands of the population.