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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I think we will just get the answer.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: The next speaker is Deputy Quinlivan from Sinn Féin.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Wynne has five minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Durkan. I have a couple of questions. Mr. Doyle and Mr. Wilson, you are both Irish, you both live in Ireland or you at least work in Ireland, so you understand Ireland. Why do you think our reaction to the coronavirus is as different as you say it is from that of every other state?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Doyle wish to offer an opinion?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: This is a question for Mr. Doyle. He may not have the answer to it. How many of the Heathrow slots that IAG has are currently being used?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Doyle stated that Aer Lingus will reinstate the Shannon service if and when there is sufficient demand and he discussed how that will be determined. People cannot book flights from Shannon to Heathrow at the moment. If Aer Lingus determines there is insufficient demand, what will happen to the Heathrow slots which were guaranteed until 2022 as part of the IAG takeover of the company?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Turning to Mr. Wilson, Ryanair unlike some of its competitors, has a change fee in respect of flights booked after 20 June. The change fee is, I think, €130. For flights booked before 20 June, there is no change fee. How does Mr. Wilson justify that difference and does he think it is appropriate in view of the fact that many families and individual passengers are not flying in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Wilson not think that Ryanair, as a corporate entity, could do something to demonstrate goodwill to those people who will not be flying? These are, as everybody accepts, unprecedented times. These people are not asking for refunds. They are not entitled to them because the flights are still going. Could Ryanair at least wait-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: It only applies to flights booked after 20 June, not to flights booked prior to that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Ryanair could waive the change fee in respect of the flights prior to that if it chose to do so.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Wilson not think that Ryanair would be in a better place to argue for a more coherent Government policy if it had a more coherent policy in respect of-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am being reminded that we are out of time. I thank the witnesses for attending and for answering our questions.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will begin by welcoming what the Minister intends to achieve with this Bill, which is to continue to provide support for people as the economy reopens and to provide an injection of economic stimulus. I also will begin by saying that the Bill is a missed opportunity and demonstrates a lack of connectedness with the real economy, at least, the economy I come from and the area that I...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I read the Bill. Now they can go back to work if the employer sustains a 70% loss between 1 July and 31 December 2020. Those seasonal businesses could have lost, as they did lose, the entirety of the first half of the year's business. If they do not lose more than 30% of the second half of the year, they are not entitled to access the employment wage subsidy scheme. That means that unless...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Hear, hear.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Hear, hear.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I endorse what has been said by previous speakers about the arts and artists. I might slightly disagree with Deputy Mattie McGrath. I do not know that we would be good Europeans by shooting everything down. We have adopted a far more restrictive approach than the rest of the European Union. One only has to look at the European Commission site, reopen.europa.eu, to see that very clearly....

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, to delete lines 25 to 33 and substitute the following: “(I) there will occur in the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 (in this subsection referred to as ‘the specified period’) such a percentage reduction as the Minister may specify in an order made by him or her under subsection (21)(b), in either the turnover of the...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will try to be reasonable by taking 50 seconds if that is okay. I will address the apparent contradiction raised by the Minister. The difficulty is that some seasonal businesses will, due to staycations, do well in the second half of this year, and perhaps achieve 70% or more of their normal business. However, taken over the 12 months of the year, the position will still be dire....