Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

To follow up on the points made about the airports, Dublin appears to be constrained in terms of Weston Airport, which is situated along the Liffey, just beside Dublin Airport. Then we have Baldonnel Airport. There are constraints. Given the way Ryanair operates, it would probably stick one down near Hook Head in Wexford and call it Dublin south airport.

A valid point was raised. Why not have better rail links to Ireland West Airport or to Shannon Airport - high speed rail links - so the rest of the country to access them?

I will throw this out to the witnesses again, but this is a slightly different question for Chambers Ireland. Its different constituent members go from the very small towns to the bigger cities. How does that operate in terms of the interaction of the members and their concerns? I have a similar question for Dublin Chamber. There is obviously Fingal and south Dublin, what are the interactions between them? Is Dublin Chamber primarily Dublin city or the whole of Dublin? How does that devolve or how is it more effective at a more localised county level with the other chambers?

Finally, I have a general question. Childcare was mentioned. Have the witnesses any proposals? For example, there is a model that says that the community or State should supplement the private operators. There was nothing done to reduce the cost of childcare in the budget or to set up additional childcare places. Have the witnesses any best practice examples from talking to their colleagues?