Mr. Stephen Kavanagh:

The State has made an investment to connect Kerry and Donegal to Dublin. The result of the proposal is that the return on the investment will be improved. The more operations that the hub at Dublin can sustain, the greater the connectivity and opportunity to get from Kerry and Donegal to an increasing range of destinations. When we are looking at all stakeholders and all investment the State has made, we are conscious of PSOs and infrastructure such as terminal 2, the additional facility in Shannon and the new terminal in Cork Airport. The State has made investment and this proposal, we believe, increases the return on the investment. It makes future investment more robust in terms of the business case.