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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Gray but our time is quite limited. I want to pick up on his assertion that the north runway will be to the benefit of Ireland and the regions, to quote his contribution of a few moments ago. I would again contend that given Dublin's 86% market share, the north runway would do the exact opposite of that. It would lead to more take offs and landings in Dublin....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I ask Ms Considine to respond to that question as well, please.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Considine, and my next question is on the fire service at Shannon Airport. I understand overtime is no longer being paid and that the fire service is now at minimum staffing levels. A certain cohort of staff is required to achieve a category seven fire cover status but Shannon and all other Irish airports strive to have category nine status in order that they can cater for Boeing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Considine. If I have time I may ask some short supplementary questions. My last big question is on the July stimulus. I listened to Ms Considine's presentation at the beginning. The July stimulus announcement last week included the extension of the temporary wage subsidy scheme, the suspension of commercial rates until the autumn, capital funding for projects and so on. As...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Considine. May I ask-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: That is no problem.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I have a number of questions to pose to our guests. I will direct my first question to Mr. Doyle. We all understand that the industry is suffering from a shock. It is on its knees and I want to preface everything I say by recognising that. I represent County Clare and I live on a flight path for planes landing in and taking off from Shannon. I do not need Flightradar24 to tell me that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: One had to be logged in and online in order to watch those videos. I was in the company of one employee shortly after she heard of the temporary lay-offs via a WhatsApp message she received from a colleague. That is not good enough and, despite of all the restrictions under which we are all living, there would have been better ways for that to have communicated that information from a human...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Did Mr. Doyle offer cabin crew an opportunity to relocate to Dublin and minibus up and down for a couple of weeks? Airlines have done that in the past. Did he offer them a plan B in that regard?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Their contract is with Aer Lingus, not with Shannon Airport, so there was an onus on Mr. Doyle's company to at a minimum offer them the possibility of taking a minibus up and down to Dublin. Other airlines flying from Shannon have done it in the past. They could at least take home a salary every week. Some of them with 20 and 25 years service have lost out to someone who is only with the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: In talks we have had with airport management, September has been flagged as a potential return to that service. Could Mr. Doyle confirm that, if possible?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Is it the case that if somebody books online vis-à-vis the Aer Lingus for a Shannon flight they will get an email a day or two later stating that flight is not possible and offering them an alternative flight out of Dublin?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I understand the traditional customer demand, which is obviously the driving motive of a company. It has to meet customer demand and that is how it schedules flights but we are in extraordinary times. I understand that people who were booked on flights out of Shannon got emails to state they can fly out of Cork or Dublin airports. Alternatives were given so ipso facto that works also. Aer...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I ask Mr. Wilson about the change fee in Ryanair. Yesterday evening, I got an email from a constituent and I asked her if I could outline her case. She has not replied yet so I will anonymise it. Essentially, it was very attractive, costing approximately €1,000 for her to fly out of Shannon on a Ryanair flight to sunny Spain but the change fee Mr. Wilson's airline is applying is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I would dispute that given it cost €1,000. I have a final question which may be replied to in writing. Aer Lingus Cargo continues to have very profitable cargo, much of it from Boston Scientific, sitting on the apron of Shannon Airport. It is trucked overnight to Heathrow. It does not make any commercial sense for that to be happening but I understand my time is up so Mr. Doyle...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Doyle might comment on that because it is codeshare airlines that then take that from Heathrow Airport and fly it to the United States. It makes no sense. It is on the runway of Shannon Airport and trucked overnight to Heathrow. I wonder what our Green Party colleagues would say in terms of the carbon footprint but leaving all that aside, it seems illogical and costly-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: We trust the Chairman to indicate when our time is up.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome our guests this morning. I largely agree with the witnesses' criticisms of the green list. It looks to me rather like a Euro championship qualifier group. I do not see much in terms of solid and worthwhile connectivity with countries such as San Marino and Monaco there. They certainly do not offer the quality connectivity on which we in the mid-west, and particularly Shannon...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, on his appointment. He is a mid-west Minister of State so we hope he will deliver plenty in Clare and his home county, Limerick. I wish him the best as he gets under way with his new portfolio. There are a number of things I wish to bring to his attention in the realm of public expenditure. The first is a sewerage scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the supply of affordable housing in County Clare. [17639/20]