Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Select Committee on Transport
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised)
2:00 am
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
May I just mention one thing? With all this, and I do not disagree with the Deputy, there is the commercial decision of the airline as well. All our airports need to be hungry for business and need to go after airlines for business and put together what are very clear advantages about Shannon, Cork and other airports around accessibility and, particularly, where visitors to Ireland actually want to go. Over 80% of people who fly into Dublin go to other parts of the country. I know the Deputy knows that. We will work with him on national aviation policy. That will form part of a public consultation as well. We have a draft. It will be a consultation we will do here with the committee, and every Deputy and Senator will be able to feed into it.
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