Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

To do this, a cross-departmental team of senior officials was tasked with assessing the actual implications of the decision in terms of connectivity and to make recommendations in this wider context. The senior officials group looked at the implications of the decision from a connectivity, business and tourism point of view.

The senior officials group concluded that the withdrawal of the Heathrow service is a loss to the Shannon region.

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