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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We may be at cross purposes. Our view in the region is that we want a connection into the likes of Schiphol or Frankfurt. The question is how we encourage the airlines to provide flights that link to the major hub from the start.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is a discussion we will obviously have. I thank Mr. Walsh for his contribution. I now call Deputy Ó Murchú.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Transparency on its own merits.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Walsh will appreciate Shannon Airport was built at a time when we had the Shannon stopover.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have a phenomenal tourism offering and built on the back of the transatlantic routes we have a serious FDI sector-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----boxing way above our weight in population terms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have this phenomenal asset on our doorstep. Shannon cannot exist on tourism alone. It cannot function in that way because we just do not have that. I take Mr. Walsh's points and admit this is outside the box. Shannon in its early years was completely outside the box. Brendan O'Regan was a pioneer in what he did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question is whether there is a willingness within the airline industry to look outside the box itself to see whether a model can be arrived at in Ireland. We are very interested to see what is happening in Holland at the moment and in any way of going back. Deputy Ó Murchú asked if there could be a relationship between Dublin and Shannon and Mr. Walsh said "No". Why not? In...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It cannot just be an emergency landing place for Dublin Airport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are quite discerning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will put the questions Mr. Walsh is raising with us to the representatives of Schiphol Airport and the other authorities with whom we will meet tomorrow. That is where we are going.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What happened in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On what grounds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will IATA fight what is currently under way in Holland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is IATA going to fight that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: To where does IATA take a case to fights that decision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that process under way?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are going there in good time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We would like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: IATA is going to fight the measures Holland is seeking to bring in.