Mr. Philip Hughes:

The Leas-Chathaoirleach is quite correct. We indicated that the European network is saturated. Some areas are more challenged than others. Ireland is in a very good position in that it is probably best in class with regard to efficiencies and delays. There are very modern systems in place. As you go farther east, that situation is not replicated and you will start to see other issues. If the Leas-Chathaoirleach likes, I can move to the next slide, because I have some analysis showing this.

I thought I would talk about the summer just gone, because it is topical and controversial. Members will have seen all the indications from the airlines about their unhappiness regarding how things have developed and calling on the Commission and Eurocontrol to provide more capacity. I thought I might give an indication of what the actual trend is. On the slide displayed, the grey area shows the delays for 2023. There were two days involving more than 200,000 minutes of delay.