Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In an attempt to help my colleague, because he referenced the recommendations of a report into an accident that happened in March 2017, the two recommendations that I think he is speaking about are Nos. 2021029 and 2021031.

The accident happened in 2017 and here we are in September 2022. Both of those recommendations, which were incredibly serious and related specifically to the Department of Transport, are in the process of implementation. I do not think that puts us in the eighth position in the world at all. I certainly do not think it is something to be happy about.

While I take on board what the Minister of State said about a snapshot, the frequency of transparent reports, rather than being out of date minutes or weeks after they are issued, would show a work in progress or, unfortunately, when we look at our record, a lack of progress. Given our ambitions for safety in air transport and navigation in this country, we certainly should be far more ambitious, open and transparent than we have been to date.

While I appreciate that the Minister of State will not accept the amendment, I ask her for better assurances than what she has put on the record of this House, that in a piecemeal way we report back to International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO. That does not gives us any transparency or show any progress to the recommendations for improvements in the industry.