Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for my absence in the Chamber but I have speedily read the presentation. A lot of the presentation is particularly relevant to Border areas and the other part of the presentation relates to Dublin Port.

Senator Buttimer asked a question and subsequently our questions about the estuary of the Shannon have been answered. There is a fabulous Eurolines service; I took the coach a few years ago and got to England on one of these services.

Yesterday we had the airlines here. Both Ryanair and Aer Lingus told us that unless their protocols are accepted next week in Europe, their very service will be jeopardised. Has the industry come with any more concerns to the Department in advance of 1 January? I could see this as positive legislation. The airlines have come in very loudly and clearly and said if X, Y and Z are not in place the viability of their service is in question. Is there anything we need to be aware of politically for these cross-Border or mainland Ireland to UK services? Are any other frameworks that would be of concern to the industry being worked on by the Department? Is this the main legislative change coming in?