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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is fine. I thank Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Wilson for attending. I remember watching Ryanair's initial flight from Waterford to Gatwick Airport as a schoolkid and wondering if it would last. When Mr. O'Leary first went into the company he was probably not sure if it would either but Ryanair has been transformed. I thank him for what he has done, not only in providing low-cost aviation for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Charges do not apply to flights outside the EU. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: They do not apply to Ryanair flights to Morocco, Tel Aviv and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Where do we go next with the ETS?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is the current mechanism to charge per passenger, per flight or per length of flight? What is the charge? Surely the charge should be less for a flight from Dublin to Brussels than a flight from Dublin to the Canaries?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: A passenger on a Dublin to Brussels flight will be charged less than a passenger on a flight from Dublin to the Canaries?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Equally, an intra-German flight-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Those are then sent to Bus Éireann or wherever. We all think of Ryanair as Ireland's national airline but Ireland does not account for a big percentage of the company's total travel. What is the figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Ryanair is hoping to grow by around 60 million passengers, with 15 million of those, or 25% of its growth, in Ireland. It clearly believes there is a lot of capacity to deliver in terms of passenger demand given that such a large proportion of its growth is expected in Ireland compared with other markets.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: To be fair to him, Mr. O'Leary has always lived and paid his taxes here. Other people with similar earning capacity have not done that and we appreciate it. Ryanair has acknowledged that the company will grow primarily in Dublin. The growth will be on routes from Dublin to where?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I accept it will be UK and Europe, but are there particular markets within Europe, for example, Spain, Germany, France?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Obviously, many people are going home to Poland or Romania and travelling back forth. Does Ryanair collect the breakdown between business, people returning home and pure tourist traffic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: In a way Mr. O'Leary has told us there is no aviation policy and then he has said actually the policy is fine but the delivery of the policy is not. If he were the Minister for Transport in the morning, to deliver the five-year growth plan, that is basically what he would do. He would drive down access costs, demand fairer environmental charges and try to reform air traffic control as best...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What can we do about air traffic control? I met Eamonn Brennan at the opening of the new tower and I know him from when he was with the Irish Aviation Authority. What would Mr. O'Leary do if he could? What can we do, as a country, as a Government and as a committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I ask Mr. O'Leary to elaborate on these disaster movies 1 and 2 because I have not seen either of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That would also provide us with environmental benefits through reduced fuel consumption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am not sure if I will get a chance to come back in again. I thank Mr. O'Leary and all the Ryanair team in Ireland and across Europe for the benefits they give to all of us. I thank them for being here and we hope to see them here again soon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Why has that not happened until now?