Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate Mr. Fitzpatrick's answer. I am conscious that we throw a lot at the witnesses at these meetings. What I am going into is very granular. In this case, the Irish Aviation Authority is a vast organisation and we are a big enough country, even though people say it is small. It has on this occasion identified problems and risks. It has objected and appealed in the planning process.

I have to ask in the general sense; I cannot go into specific projects. When passenger safety is at risk and when a national asset, all the revenue it generates and its strategic importance to Ireland Inc. and to all the air traffic that goes over it daily are put at risk, I am sure the IAA will go the whole hog in protecting that national asset, protecting passenger safety and ensuring that high-level radar is functioning at its optimum all the time without being compromised by any rotating blades.