Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

We do not usually take Committee and Report Stages together, as amendments could be tabled again on Report Stage if one was not happy with the passage of the Bill in question. The Minister of State in this case wishes to get the legislation on the Order Paper in the Dáil. He has undertaken to put forward the Bill on Committee Stage in the Dáil and promised that a consultation process will occur.

The legislation can be likened to when one rents a car. Speeding fines and parking tickets could be run up but the rental agency could be left with the bill. Such a situation will disadvantage Irish operators, and I hope the Minister of State will do all in his power to examine the issues relating to my amendments. I thank the Minister of State for the manner in which he has dealt with the Bill, and his knowledge of the legislation and the aviation industry. I thank his advisors for their assistance and wish the Bill well.