Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the points the Minister makes. I wish to return to the matter of Dublin Airport in particular. I appreciate that, strictly speaking, it is under the remit of the Department of Transport. Nevertheless, as Minister for Tourism, it is associated with her because of the visitor experience attached to Dublin Airport as our main port of entry. I want to highlight again the impact of the issue there. It is as if we have outgrown the infrastructure, but we cannot have done so yet. It cannot be the case that one cannot get food after 2 p.m., 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. in the afternoon and evening in terminal 1, as my constituents are telling me is the case. It cannot be that restaurants are closing down at that point, either because they do not have enough food in for the day or they have run out, whatever it happens to be. It cannot be that places are not cleaned as the day goes on. It cannot be that the pressure of people, not just in queues, but all the way through the airport is creating an environment that is unpleasant for tourists. It is the last impression they have as they leave Ireland. There must be a better way of organising taxis on the way in to the airport so that there is not a big group of taxis stuck in a pen and a big group of people waiting for taxis at the airport. I ask the Minister to engage again with Dublin Airport as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media to highlight these points again.

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