Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

We are competing with Dublin. If the Minister does not take this seriously, we will be in a position where practically all of the transatlantic flights in and out of Ireland will be going in and out of Dublin. We want the opportunity to keep the strength of Shannon to be supported in comparison to Dublin. This is needed to ensure the economic wellbeing of the region. It is ridiculous to say that we are competing with airports in other parts of Europe for that particular traffic. We are competing within Ireland and we want the opportunity to compete fairly.

See this speech in context