Irish Minister for Aviation: Aviation is a building block for securing Ireland's prosperity

Ireland's Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport Paschal Donahue, speaking at CAPA's Airlines in Transition Conference on 25/26-Mar-2015, stated (25-Mar-2015) the importance of aviation to the Irish economy is in securing and facilitating access to the outside world. The core of this is how Ireland maintains access to its neighbours, and aviation is "critical to that". Aviation is an "important building block" for securing Ireland's prosperity.