Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

Every aircraft flying anywhere in the world should be flown by a crew working to flight time limitations backed up by scientific research and not on the basis of purely commercial need. Pilot unions around the world have been raising the issue of pilot fatigue for years. To ignore the message would be a mistake. It is very important.

While I have taken on board some of the Minister's points, I believe it is important that there be standards and that our airspace be protected thereunder. We definitely must have some means of assessing the standards.

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