Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Those proposals are still live but I do not know when they will come to parliament. The Commission's view still is that this is a big area of concern for emissions. It is sticking to its policy and, I think, it will continue to do so. I do not think it is listed. On the aviation area, it had hoped to put forward a whole package of measures, but this has been deferred because of what has happened with its own agreement. The Commission had hoped that the open skies agreement would have led to considerable rationalisation but it will probably deal with it as an environmental issue and proceed with it. It is still on course.

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