Mr. Sean Brogan:

To address Deputy Dooley's point on Shannon Airport, it needs to be understood that regardless of what happens and what is being discussed today, I have a commercial business to operate and will operate it by taking the right commercial decisions at the right time. I worked with the management team in Shannon Airport for more than 18 months and we gave Shannon an opportunity. It is essential when operating airlines, especially regional airlines, to operate more than a single aircraft, as was the case in Shannon. We committed a second aircraft to Shannon on the understanding that the commercial viability was not there. I needed to add capacity to grow Shannon as a base and did this with the co-operation of the team in Shannon. At the same time, however, a number of the routes I was operating out of Shannon came under heavy competition, as Deputy Dooley will be aware. I will make the right commercial decision at the time in order that my company continues its growth in job numbers to 430 and in passenger numbers.