Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with senior management at an airline (details supplied) since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20736/20]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with senior management at an airline (details supplied) since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20737/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together.

On 10 July, both Minister of State Naughton and I met senior managers from the airlines together with other members of the Aviation Recovery Taskforce. On that same day we both took part in a video call with the CEO of Aer Lingus. On 27 July, Minister of State Naughton had a video call with senior management from Ryanair

Officials from my Department also maintain regular contact with both airlines.

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he met with the senior management of the Dublin Airport Authority since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20738/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that I have meet with the CEO and Chair of daa since coming to office and am fully aware of the challenges faced by the Company.  I met with the CEO and Chair specifically on 17 July 2020 and participated in a videocall with the Aviation Recovery Taskforce on 10 July, in which the CEO of daa also participated.

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with the senior management of the Shannon Group since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20739/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that I have had the opportunity to meet with the Shannon Group CEO since coming to office. Minister of State Naughton has also met with the CEO and Chairperson and is fully aware of the challenges faced by the Company, particularly Shannon Airport and Shannon Heritage. I can also advise the Deputy that Minister of State Naughton also plans to travel to Shannon to meet again with the CEO and Chair of Shannon Airport next month.