Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate

5:00 pm

Ms Anne Nolan:

My personal vision is to have as many as possible, and that they would be doing well and thriving. It is a matter for the Government, which has to look at costs. If it does not make any sense from an economic point of view, it is difficult in these times to justify it. The point I was trying to make is that in the Irish Aviation Authority we will try to help wherever we can to increase aviation all over the country and hopefully make it better.

The last question was whether electronic devices would be allowed on board. I guess that is coming at some stage. That is a matter for the European Aviation Safety Agency. We would not-----