Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the announcement by Ryanair that it plans to bring an additional 500,000 passengers through Dublin Airport. With the 300,000 passengers it has committed to bring through Shannon Airport and the 200,000 it plans to bring through other airports, this will mean that Michael O'Leary's airline will bring more than 1 million additional passengers into Ireland in 2014. This is proof that the micro-management of the tourism sector under the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is working.