Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----and the connections are extremely important for tourism, particularly in the west of Ireland in the context of the development by this Government of the Wild Atlantic Way. This remains the key issue, along with employment in Aer Lingus.

As the Deputy knows, there is significant employment in Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports and in the head office structures. They will be the key factors in the evaluation.

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