Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion

Mr. Kieran O'Callaghan:

In terms of Irish airports, Shannon Airport is the most advantageous. We also had discussions with Cork Airport. We have not had discussions with Dublin Airport. In my opinion, Cork Airport does not have the runway capacity to take a 747 freighter but Shannon Airport does. Another factor to be considered is that Shannon Group and Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, are two completely different styles of business machines. Shannon Group is made up of four or five different companies, one of which is Shannon Commercial Properties. Many of the tenants of Shannon Commercial Properties are foreign direct investment, FDI, manufacturing companies. As such Shannon Airport has to service and intertwine its business from a different aspect.

I was not sure what the Deputy was asking about in respect of the percentage of value.