Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport if the photographic identification policies of certain aviation companies may represent a restraint of trade; and if companies have been or are being examined for such practices. [15890/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The question as to whether the requirement for photographic evidence by certain aviation companies represents a restraint of trade is a matter that should be raised with my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I understand that airlines' requirements in respect of the forms of identification acceptable to them are clearly set down in the terms and conditions provided to passengers when booking and purchasing tickets. Decisions by any airline regarding what they consider to be acceptable identification for their own purposes are matters entirely for those airlines and not matters in which I have any function. Passengers intending to travel on aircraft should pay particularly close attention to those requirements. With increasing airline security requirements passengers will be asked to present forms of identification at departure gates when seeking to board flights.