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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Shorthall is two and a half minutes overtime.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: We will move to the next speaker. If we have time at the end, we will return to this issue. I call on Deputy Bríd Smith.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I have to allow the witnesses to respond because the Deputy has made some fairly serious charges.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: He did respond. I thank Deputy Smith. I call Deputy Matt Shanahan to speak.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy has a little more time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I think we will just get the answer.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is Deputy Quinlivan from Sinn Féin.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Wynne has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Durkan. I have a couple of questions. Mr. Doyle and Mr. Wilson, you are both Irish, you both live in Ireland or you at least work in Ireland, so you understand Ireland. Why do you think our reaction to the coronavirus is as different as you say it is from that of every other state?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Doyle wish to offer an opinion?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: This is a question for Mr. Doyle. He may not have the answer to it. How many of the Heathrow slots that IAG has are currently being used?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Mr. Doyle stated that Aer Lingus will reinstate the Shannon service if and when there is sufficient demand and he discussed how that will be determined. People cannot book flights from Shannon to Heathrow at the moment. If Aer Lingus determines there is insufficient demand, what will happen to the Heathrow slots which were guaranteed until 2022 as part of the IAG takeover of the company?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Turning to Mr. Wilson, Ryanair unlike some of its competitors, has a change fee in respect of flights booked after 20 June. The change fee is, I think, €130. For flights booked before 20 June, there is no change fee. How does Mr. Wilson justify that difference and does he think it is appropriate in view of the fact that many families and individual passengers are not flying in...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Wilson not think that Ryanair, as a corporate entity, could do something to demonstrate goodwill to those people who will not be flying? These are, as everybody accepts, unprecedented times. These people are not asking for refunds. They are not entitled to them because the flights are still going. Could Ryanair at least wait-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: It only applies to flights booked after 20 June, not to flights booked prior to that.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Ryanair could waive the change fee in respect of the flights prior to that if it chose to do so.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does Mr. Wilson not think that Ryanair would be in a better place to argue for a more coherent Government policy if it had a more coherent policy in respect of-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am being reminded that we are out of time. I thank the witnesses for attending and for answering our questions.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (24 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Members will have received from the secretariat draft copies of the committee's report on nursing homes. The draft report will be discussed at a Teams meeting on Monday at 4 p.m. A first draft of our report on testing and tracing has also been circulated.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I welcome our witnesses on the impact of Covid-19 on international travel in committee room 2. From the Irish Air Line Pilots Association, IALPA, we have Mr. Evan Cullen, president, and Captain Alan Brereton, vice-president; and from SIPTU we have Mr. Neil McGowan, aviation sector organiser, and Ms Karan O'Loughlin, aviation divisional organiser. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of...