Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are airlines selling bargain basement airfares out of Dublin Airport and other Irish airports. Parking charges at Dublin Airport far exceed any city centre car park at the moment. They are €40 per day in the short-term car park - that is a capped price - and €16.50 per day in the express red and €14 per day in the holiday blue car parks. From a consumer point of view, are they not huge prices? People still have to go a long way to the terminals. When we want people to fly in and out of Ireland - we all have certain preferences where they might fly in and out of - at the very least, from a consumer point of view is it not somewhat ludicrous that it is more expensive to park a car on the tarmac than to take to the skies and fly to an international country?