Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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On the last day when Dublin Airport Authority was before the committee I was quite critical of its approach. I feel - and I am sure the representatives will disagree with me - that it has gotten the ahead of the Government on this. This is because a national aviation strategy policy review is due to happen this year. It came in with planning permission. It is a semi-State. It has gazumped the Government in some ways. It came in with planning application for expansion and the whole remodification of Dublin Airport and Cork Airport. This is at a time when we are preparing to review aviation overall on the island.

If we were to go back and start from scratch again, we might not have five airports on the west coast and one on the east, but it is what it is. Does Mr. O'Leary feel that the DAA has been getting ahead of the Government and Ryanair on this?