Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

Under the national spatial strategy Waterford is designated a gateway city and the importance of infrastructure and access has been deemed to be a very important part of that strategy. Given that the lone carrier at Waterford regional airport has decided to pull out from the airport at the end of January, and the consequent loss for the region, I ask the Minister for Transport to come to this House so that we can find out what finance will be made available to Waterford regional airport and why a PSO licence has not been granted to the airport, as has been the case in other regional airports. All we want is fair play in the region, which we are certainly not getting. I ask the Minister to come to this House to explain the position in regard to Waterford regional airport.