Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Passenger numbers will increase substantially over the next ten years. It has even been reported that there will be up to 30 million passengers by 2018. If we break that figure down, it means something in the region of an additional 30,000 passengers a week over the next ten years. The number of passengers has grown at a phenomenal rate, yet the Government is making no decision on the matter. It is standing idly by, week after week. The fallout will be that people will stop coming here and business and tourism opportunities will be lost.