Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I will do that. I have met the company in the past couple of weeks. I will get involved again as Minister with responsibility for enterprise. It is part of my responsibility, in my mind, to make sure that we have good business connectivity from the mid-west to Britain, Europe and America. The same goes for Cork and other airports. I will get involved in this aviation issue and am involved in it already. It would be remiss of me not to point out that Aer Lingus, in its statement, called out our strict travel restrictions as a reason for this base being closed. There are parties in the Dáil which thought we should have much stricter restrictions. I understand that it is still the policy of many parties in the Dáil to have even stricter travel restrictions than we have now.