Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

They are ongoing and, following this evening's vote, I will attend the next meeting in this regard. Consultants are also assisting us with this. The Minister for Finance factored 1 July into the jobs initiative in terms of working out the numbers and the idea was to suspend the tax from that date but that is not a certainty. I expect to conclude discussions in the next few weeks because the airlines are deciding their timetables. They have two seasons - winter and summer - and they are finalising their timetables now for October and deciding which routes they will service and what capacity they will provide. The discussions will have to conclude in the next few weeks in order that they will be able to decide on routes for October.

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