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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Was divesting a mistake?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How many airlines have removed flights over that period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Are they down at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: They are down at present on previous years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How will we get them back? If Dublin Airport Authority is doing all of the business should we not try to piggyback on its connections, familiarity, deals with airlines and connectivity on various routes? Would it not be better to be part of its scheme and that one outfit heads away to the various airlines or develops additional routes? I am from the west of Ireland and we are often accused...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: -----because we felt threatened by the eastern conurbation and it is us against them? On this issue, were we a little bit short-sighted not to stay with Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How will Ms Hynes manage to do that? What is the plan to get it back up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Would it not have made better sense to have Dalton Philips on Ms Hynes team? He is in contact with all of these people and is getting them into Dublin and he could tell people that when they are in Dublin, they should take in Shannon on that route or refuel or fly there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If it was Government policy in the future to reconnect the airports, what would Ms Hynes' view be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Let us say a new Government was formed tomorrow morning and it decided to put Shannon, Cork and Dublin back together again. Does Ms Hynes think that would enhance or decrease the airport's potential to regain its former glory and kick on in numbers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Would Ms Hynes say she is hampered by Government policy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Ms Hynes agrees with separation. Would she therefore disagree with reunification?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Ms Hynes will appreciate that from my perspective, the implication of what she is saying is that she would not be in favour of reunification.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If we had separate tourism bodies for Shannon, Dublin and Cork, as well as Fáilte Ireland, we would be dividing our focus. That is the implication.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It is up to the Government to decide but it is up to the rest of us to assess its performance and come up with other suggestions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: To the extent that one is ever asked off the record, I think Shannon should explore the possibility of reconnecting with the DAA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Looking at the figures alone, the DAA's leverage seems to have had a very positive impact on Dublin, while we have suffered on the western seaboard. I wish Ms Hynes the best of luck. I will move on to the next witness. I realise I am taking a lot of time, but I will be finished after this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Tourism is always a great news story for us. We are building numbers and everybody is happy. At the same time, it is my job to see how we can kick on and whether we are missing anything. One thing that struck me was that the Department's website states that domestic tourism is not a priority. Did Mr. Cawley know that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I would hope so. We export 55 million bed nights per year, which is a substantial number of millions more than we import.