John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I will make some observations. There is a great unity of purpose in ensuring this measure is successful. I note that some of the witnesses' suggestions for amendments to head 9 and so on are with a view to being competitive, but what would their reaction be to suggestions that they have been getting competitive advantages over some of their neighbouring airports? Knock was mentioned earlier, and also Cork Airport. For instance, the witnesses mentioned growth in passenger numbers, but do they see that happening at the expense of those other airports? Do they see the possibility of co-operation with some of those airports in areas that are of general interest that could be successfully followed together? Those are suggestions that would have come from some of the other airports. I would be interested to hear the witnesses' comments on that.