Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for his clarity in that regard. Whatever the decision might be, I have made my position clear on a number of occasions. There is a necessity to retain the three airports under the CIE model we have talked about and identified in the Booz report. The importance of Shannon Airport maintaining its capacity to survive without access to funds is of great concern to many people in the region. In that regard, I urge the Minister to give serious consideration to the capacity of Shannon Airport to be able to continue to rely on a line of funding from the DAA in any structure he brings forward.

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