Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to engage on the issue of Shannon, alongside my colleagues. I have already been talking to Aer Lingus. As the Deputy knows, to secure the future of the airport we will need to allow people to return to international travel again. The Deputy also will be aware that for some time, her party thought the travel restrictions we brought in were not strict enough. I am glad that she has changed her position on that, if indeed she has.

On the earlier question, it sounds like we need more slots, given that they were filled so quickly. I do not know whether that is practical but I very much appreciate that young people need to get on the road, they need the freedom of the road to get to work and college, and we need to make sure more slots are available if we can.

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