Let us be clear that particular issue was aired and broadcast for a particular effect. It does not happen with the Government jet but it happens to other aircraft. I was amazed that in the recent TV exposé it was deemed extraordinary that passengers were exposed to unusual hardship as a result of this, as it happens all the time. It has happened at Dublin Airport on countless occasions where people have had to wait for a slot through Air Traffic Control from the UK and go through considerable inconvenience. That has happened to many people in respect of all airlines from time to time, not just one airline, Ryanair. I hate to say this but it did not require an exposé to bring that issue to the fore. I saw in a recent TV exposé of a particular airline where people were expected to sit on the tarmac for two hours and wait. One area I hope the Bill deals with is a matter raised in a recent TV programme. In such a situation it should be the customer's determination of what he or she needs to know and it should not be at the behest of bureaucrats or administrators. The interests of those who use airlines on a daily basis should be kept to the fore, as opposed to the interests of bureaucrats, administrators and distributors of information who do so on a need to know basis, that is, their determination of what one needs to know. There are a number of issues I would like to see dealt with. I have a built-in sensitivity in regard to the words "control", "navigation" and so on because we live in a world where control seems to grow and grow. I had just started on the last occasion the Bill was before the House. I have no disrespect for the Minister for Education and Science and her ability to respond but it may be better to wait until the Minister appears. Appearing before an Oireachtas committee.
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