Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Grealish, and Fr. Des Walsh, who was very good to accommodate us with mass earlier this morning. I thank Fr. Walsh.

I raise the topic of the proposed slashing of night-time flights into Dublin Airport. There is a proposal with An Bord Pleanála to slash night-time flights by 30%, which is contrary to what is in our programme for Government. Approximately €19 billion worth of imports and exports each year are coming and going this way. Some 12% of our total imports and about 6% of our exports are based on flights. If this cut goes ahead, it could have an impact on approximately €10 billion’s worth of Irish imports and exports. It is very important. I ask the Leader to talk to the Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, and see if he would come to the House to discuss same.

Regarding something else that was briefly touched on earlier, there was a report out last week. This topic has been in the House quite a while. The Minister for trade and enterprise, Peter Burke, should come to the House to discuss all the figures involved with the occupied territories Bill. It is time we had a deeper look at the Bill.