Brian Brennan (Wicklow-Wexford, Fine Gael)

I welcome those comments. As somebody who has been in the industry for 25 years, my concern is that we very much have put our eggs in the one basket. I welcome the new routes to America. I know how important it is. Under the current geopolitical situation, was that not a dangerous policy? If we discuss numbers, fewer than 400 million people live in America.

There are 1.4 billion people living in India. There are 1.46 billion people living in China. I spoke with the Canadian ambassador. There are 41 million people living in Canada but the key number he gave me was that 5.7 million of them are of Irish descent. That must be a huge market. Our focus previously was very much on America. Let us not rule out that market in any way but let us broaden our horizon. From the conversation this morning, I feel that is the way we are going.