Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

We have a big terminal at Dublin Airport. The Government is doing a great job and all it is missing are the tourists. When the Minister of State observes the empty ferries going in and out of Dún Laoghaire, he might not realise that a boat is not much use to the tourism industry unless there are people on it. The same applies to hotels, bars and restaurants. I do not know what country he is living in if he thinks the Government is doing a good job on tourism. If we attracted 100,000 extra tourists we could earn more income than what we get from the travel tax.

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