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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Walsh very much for his presentation. Mr. Walsh is a person with much experience in running an airline. Can he tell me what practical import there is from the closure of a base? Obviously, it does not mean that Aer Lingus will no longer fly in and out of Shannon Airport but it has implications, in particular, for early morning and late evening flights. Can Mr Walsh provide a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Walsh. It would be difficult then to provide the sorts of flights that business passengers would typically get, which are early in the morning and late at night.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Also, if one has to make choices, it makes it a less attractive choice-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: -----from the point of view of airline management. The guaranteed slots at Heathrow to which my colleague, Deputy Carey, alluded earlier are of considerable value. Mr. Walsh seemed to indicate he did not think there was any particular threat to them immediately, but are those slots at a particular time? Are they not early-morning and late-evening slots into and out of Heathrow, which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: There were some who thought IAG got much better value than the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, did at the time, but that is a different question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Then additional connectivity was agreed to Barcelona and Paris. One expects it will not be business as usual straight away and that airports will consolidate around key hubs. For Aer Lingus that is Dublin and, perhaps, increasingly Manchester rather than Shannon and Cork. Obviously, Ireland is not a Schengen state. Schengen states will pretty soon allow in American passengers who are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Lastly, Mr. Walsh is a businessman, and businessmen take risks. Most of the risks he has taken have paid off, but one cannot live in a zero-risk world. It is simply impossible. Mr. Walsh is also an Irishman so he understands Ireland and Irish politics. That is clear from the multiple references he has made and the fact that he was chairman of a State board. How does he account for the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I agree with the Taoiseach that the pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on the aviation sector. That is why many other European Governments have taken an equity shareholding in airlines. The Government declined to do so. It is why many of them have introduced antigen testing. The Government has obtained a report on it but declined to do so. It is why no other country in Europe has...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: You blamed Deputy Duncan Smith just a couple of minutes ago. Neither the Taoiseach nor any of the Government Deputies or Senators voted against it, although they are now busy in County Clare trying to tell people they were against it from the start. However, that is the past. What future does the Taoiseach offer the people of Clare in terms of connectivity with Aer Lingus and the workers...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Why are we so out of synch with the rest of the world?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Yes, we are. Do not mislead the House.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: For God's sake Taoiseach, tell the truth at least.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I am not making political capital out of it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: Do not accuse me of seeking political capital.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I have raised this issue constructively for 12 months.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: I do not want to either, but I want answers.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: It is also about jobs and livelihoods.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: When are we going to have a debate on what the State's aviation policy is? When can we even find out what it is? There are announcements from the Tánaiste every day that contradict each other. There are announcements from all the members of the Taoiseach's Cabinet that contradict each other constantly. We do not have an aviation policy or aviation recovery plan. We need one before...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: He talks about Fianna Fáil. One thing Fianna Fáil built was Shannon Airport but the Taoiseach is going to take it down around him.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)
Michael McNamara: The lack of security is undermining patient safety.