Mr. Michael O'Leary:

May I respectfully disagree? I agree with the first part of the Deputy's point. We should not be where we are today but we are. If the DAA were competent, this planning should have taken place. I do not see any point in blaming the DAA or Fingal County Council. The planning process has to take its place. We have, however, two choices as a nation with an aviation policy that says we will deliver growth and be "a recognised global leader in aviation". We have a Minister for Transport. He has powers. He is also part of a majority Government. The Government can take action. We can have two decisions here, and yes, I accept that this is politics, but of course it is politics. We can sit on our hands for the next four years and export all this growth of traffic routes and jobs to every other European country, which will welcome it with open arms, or we can rely on the transport Minister and the Government to take action. There are two forms of action: one, the transport Minister can write to the IAA and tell it to suspend the cap while the planning process is ongoing. He has that power. The housing Minister-----