Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the news from Ryanair that it will create another 2,000 jobs between now and 2030. It opened a hangar in Dublin this morning. I often speak about balanced regional development. A total of 200 of the jobs will be at Shannon Airport where Ryanair is investing more than €10 million in a hangar. This is good news for people not only in Clare and Limerick but also in the mid-west. Many people travel to Shannon for work from around the mid-west. This is a welcome addition to the already developing Shannon Airport. It is certainly expanding at a very quick rate. I compliment Mary Considine and the team at Shannon Airport, who are working with groups such as Ryanair to create jobs. The hangar will be of great benefit. Many people are coming through the education and skills sector having been retrained and upskilled. They are now able to find jobs locally in the mid-west. It is a good news story today.