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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Open skies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The technology is in a different place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cool. On airport charges, the witnesses have been clear. It is pier D rather than the tunnel, which, it is fair to say, Mr. O'Leary is not a supporter of. There is much conversation, some of it geographically on the basis of where some of the Deputies that sit around here are from. Regional balance is a responsibility of Government policy. Mr. O'Leary has given his opinion as to which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is Ryanair considering that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ryanair has no plans for doing anything in Dundalk either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all right. I appreciate Mr. O'Leary's candour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a wonderful place. I am sure Mr. O'Leary would agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I could not possibly comment. The witnesses have spoken of the big winds of sustainable aviation fuel and the new cohort of aeroplanes Ryanair has on order. With some of those jets, we are talking about improved technologies or whatever. Will the witnesses discuss the ins and outs of that and the wins that are to be had? What needs to be done to ensure that, across the board, we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So we are only playing around at the minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Right. So it is a proper conversation by those who matter with the energy companies. Beyond that, is there still room for manoeuvre in relation to research? I imagine there is a significant amount happening at the minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That sounds like an obvious, straightaway win. There are particular issues. The witnesses might not want to go into this but there has been the over and back with the booking.com screen scraping, and it is in the courts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So Mr. O'Leary is fairly sure that Ryanair is going to keep winning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have one last question - obviously, some of this is in the public domain as well - about the request by workers for pre-pandemic pay and conditions. Mr. O'Leary said that he has deals done with nearly all of the unions but I believe there is a case in the Workplace Relations Commission

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does Mr. O'Leary foresee a solution to this very quickly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agaibh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. O'Leary said 20% of fuel would be saved. What was the other figure? I missed it. It was 90% of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Definitely. What about aviation fuel and the improved technologies in the planes the company is getting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was mentioned that there were 150 technology jobs. I think it was called Ryanair Labs. I ask for a bit of detail on this aspect. It looks to be security research. Another point concerns the cadetships mentioned. It is necessary for people to have already been through flight school. I am looking at this in the context of a roadmap for a young person seeking to follow this path. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Security.