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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the Senator's point, what does Mr. Henry consider the role of a chair of an independent State organisation such as Shannon Group? The Senator asked that question, which I thought a good one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Henry has good taste in music.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are not a huge island.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: From Cork, I call Senator Buttimer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Henry wish to comment on anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is an issue that needs to be addressed, however.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Craughwell, you will have to retract that. I take that as retracted-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----unless you wish to get us all into an issue. Can we take that as retracted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How long were you waiting to land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Craughwell is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Thanks very much, Senator Craughwell. Senator Dooley is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In that case, where does Mr. Henry see the interaction between the two State airports outside of Dublin, namely, Shannon and Cork, going? What is the dynamic there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have finished with the committee members. I will go to Deputy McNamara in a moment. It is a five-year term, which I welcome. The role of a board is to make strategic decisions about the way the group evolves, which are then implemented by management. Management does a very good job on that. We have to be honest here. There would be a perception that over the last number of years, pre...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That would be the perception.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are talking about an honest dialogue. We need to understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I think the point Senator Dooley was making was about the strategic direction from the board. He was not in any way making any comment on management. They implement the strategic direction as set out by the board. That is the role of a board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does Mr. Henry see us getting back to the pre-pandemic figure of 1.7 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are we talking within the next two years?