Mr. Alan Brereton:

I will answer briefly on that issue. We welcome the announcement of the support package for all the airports in Ireland, namely, Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Dublin Airport. However, the future of these airports is not dependent on Government support; it is dependent on having airlines to serve them. We represent pilots of all the four major Irish airlines, all of which are in discussions on redundancies or are in the process of moving aircraft out of the country or have already moved them. We need a strategy to get us out of this. From where we stand, that strategy is not worrying about who will manage the airport five years from now; it is having airlines to serve those airports. We need the Government to develop a strategy that rebuilds confidence in aviation and we believe that is wholly dependent on rapid testing. We urge all members viewing these proceedings to really focus on how we get out of here rather than worrying about mistakes that have been made in the past.