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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Shannon Foynes Port Company has a turn of €60 million and a profit of €8 million. Obviously, some of this may be commercially sensitive. What is the biggest part of the six facilities, in terms of profitability or revenue? Is it Shannon Airport? Is it the docks? Is it the Shannon Foynes Port?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: However, the company has three pieces; it has the Shannon Foynes Port, Limerick Docks and Shannon Airport. Which is the biggest of those three?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is it 60:20:20? Is it 80:10:10?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Basically, in terms of the long term, Mr. McGarry is saying to his successor to have a plan, stick to it and to be ambitious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: What are the pitfalls he would identify, not that we are trying to put anyone off ultimately replacing him has moves on? What are the challenges and what are the things we need to be wary of? To be fair to the Shannon Foynes Port Company, we generally hear about companies and State organisations when they go wrong. We do not, therefore, hear about the Shannon Foynes Port Company maybe as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Potentially, new port members might have expertise in green energy, offshore wind-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: -----and indeed in financing and managing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: -----that level of borrowing, equity or debt. They might even have the skillset in negotiating with the EU about the procurement of grants, etc. They are the skillsets going forward that the board will need in the future but may not have been needed as much in the past.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There is not necessarily a huge pool of talent out there with all of those skillsets. Obviously, there are some people, but at this point it is not a widely-held skillset.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is also a matter of getting people who have the interest, the time and the skills to do all those things in the area. It is important, as somebody who lives in Dublin and who is from Dublin, that we have as much balanced development as possible. Is it the case that the Shannon Foynes Port is the deepest port in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There are particular things that the Shannon Foynes Port can do that other ports cannot. Equally, if we can spread the load, it will be positive for all us, even those of us who are in Dublin. I thank Mr. McGarry for everything he has done. I wish him well in his future in other places. I wish the board and the company well in its future. I will now bring in Deputy Ó Murchú....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: On that note, we have visited several of the airports. It might make sense for the members to visit the facility at the invitation of the CEO because there is nothing like seeing what is happening on the ground and what might happen. In the fullness of time, it would be useful for us to visit some of our major ports, including at Foynes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If he believes it would be of benefit to the port for us to visit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I would venture that quite a number of us have not been to all six facilities and probably not to many of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Are there any ways this committee can help or are there any barriers whereby Mr. McGarry can say he is frustrated by X,Y, Z or A,B,C and he needs Oireachtas help to speak to a Minister to unblock an issue with the Planning Regulator or the marine regulator?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: And the new marine planning process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: They are also looking for certainty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There is a greater good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is also about climate change and decarbonisation.