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Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: That is why I am building a motorway for the area.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am building tunnels, motorways, the western rail corridor.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: What more can I do?

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It has.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: When I receive the report I will inform the Deputy.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy is being unfair; she is being very hard on me tonight.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: There is the Ennis bypass, I speeded up the Atlantic road corridor and I am building the western rail corridor.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I would not do that because the Deputy would accuse me of pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, will be proved right; it will be a huge success.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I do not wish to be argumentative but I have tried to say to Deputy Pat Breen and to people in Shannon that Shannon's competition is not Dublin but rather similar regional airports in Europe and that the Deputy is focusing on the wrong issue.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Already, similar and smaller and more isolated airports than Shannon are in the United States talking to airports. I would hope that Shannon is already doing the same because Knock Airport is doing so.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: They want to come to the west.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: There can only be so many routes——

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: There are only so many routes to be given from the United States into Europe and this is the point I am trying to make. No airport will have unlimited numbers of routes to unlimited destinations. Shannon Airport will have to compete with countries for particular destinations out of the United States. European destinations are already competing for those slots in American airports.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Shannon should be doing the same and that is the issue.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Those who think small stay small.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: One must always be optimistic when one faces the electorate.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I thought Deputies O'Sullivan and James Breen would thank me for obtaining a transition agreement but they have not done so.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is past Ennis at this stage. What is Deputy Ó Snodaigh talking about? We opened the Ennis bypass recently.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is not. It is being built. What more does the Deputy want? Does he want me to build it myself?