Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

That was the first part of the Deputy's question. On the second part of his question, Deputy Kenny would like to make sure and would like me to stand up and make sure that when we reach 20 million passengers going through Dublin Airport, not alone will we have pier D but we will also have a second terminal to cater for them. The answer is yes, we will.

His third question is about making a strategic decision on the capital injection for Aer Lingus. We made that decision last Christmas. The members of the Cabinet sub-committee stated that it was our belief that we should make an injection of capital in the circumstances of the new chief executive and the present chairman of the board. We have discussed that issue with them and when they need to make a move on that we will move. However, it is the Government's position that an equity injection of capital is necessary. The percentage is still a matter of some debate. On the timing, the chairman of the board believes it is not needed now, but the Government's position is that we are in favour of that.

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