Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and she is a good person.

Senators Sean D. Barrett and Terry Brennan referred to the reduction in the travel tax to zero from today, which is a great move.

As has been said, last year, that of the The Gathering, was the greatest since 2008 for inbound tourism. We had the honour yesterday at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Kilmainham of listening to Mr. Michael O'Leary, who was extremely bullish about the situation. That is very heartening because he is often decried and criticised as a bit of a hard man. However, he has softened his image successfully and I believe he is a man of his word. Ryanair is to put 150 to 175 new aeroplanes into service. This is tremendous for the country.