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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would Deputy Smith like to ask any questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before those questions are answered I want to make the point, in fairness, that in terms of Deputy Smith's allegation of light touch regulation, the facts are that the witnesses are not required to be informed. Is that not the issue? The light touch regulation, therefore, is in this House. We make the laws so in that respect, that is something we have to address.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I just want to make the point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Smith will be glad to hear that I was not at that event, nor was I there this morning for Willie Walsh-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Deputy to this committee meeting. I did not interrupt her. I am trying to be fair to her-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----and fair to the witnesses as well. I repeat the point Deputy Munster made before Deputy Smith spoke, which I agree with, that those of us in this House need to get our act together in regard to changing the regulation. It is not the witnesses' fault if the regulation is in place because they were not required to inform them what they were doing. They should have done that. They had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Excuse me, Deputy. I want to give the witness the opportunity to respond fully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to hear her further. The Deputy can come back in if she is not happy, but I want to hear her complete her sentences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely, it is critical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, and then I will bring in the regulator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will ask Captain O'Connor to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Just before the witnesses leave, Deputy Troy would like to make a comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ryanair carries 131 million passengers per annum and its safety record is top class. It has had no fatalities which is significantly important. I also wish to affirm the professionalism of the regulators in the context of safety. The commission does a fantastic job. Eternal vigilance is the price of peace. I thank the commission for that and I appreciate the session has gone on for three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and attendees in the public Gallery to please turn off their mobile telephones. We will now continue our engagement on the issue of working hours of pilots and implications for their welfare. I welcome Captain Evan Cullen, president, Irish Air Line Pilots Association, IALPA. He is accompanied by Captain Ted Murphy, Captain Alan Brereton and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does everybody have a copy of this? We received this, for the record, this afternoon, so some people may not have read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The electronic format was circulated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am trying to be fair to the witness and the members of the committee as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: We just want to get it right so that we are factually correct and fair to everyone. I want to ensure first that everybody has a copy and that the paper document we now have is exactly the same as what was circulated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am trying to get it right and to ensure that everything is transparent and open, and to make sure that nobody is being disadvantaged in any way, least of all the witness. The witness wishes to refer to pages in this document now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a difficulty. Custom and practice here, and I have been a member here for 20 years, is that we get a full copy of what the witness is going to say. We do not have that advantage. I want to be factual and correct. We have requested that. I do not have it. I appreciate the witness bringing us through pages here, and I appreciate that they are non-consecutive. I want to be fair to...