There has been phenomenal development in the variety and quality of air transport to the islands. The emergence of small, commercial aircraft means there is significant potential for island hopping and this readily accessible mode of transport has become feasible for islanders. The Minister has grasped this opportunity. I refer to Aer Arann. The founder and chief executive, Padraig O'Ceidigh, who is a former teacher, emerged from humble beginnings. Indeed, I believe he recently acknowledged that he was almost penniless when he started out – he certainly had very little money. He is reputed to have said that, if he had made one wrong move, he would have gone down, but there was very little to go down with him in terms of resources. However, he has achieved huge success, as the Minister will be very well aware, to the extent that I understand the airline will have a turnover of approximately €60 million this year and is expected to be in profit. It has doubled its workforce over the last few years and expects to carry approximately 650,000 passengers during the current year. That is a tremendous success story.