Reduced fares and outbound holidays
Taylor-Quinn asked whether lower fares also encouraged Irish people to holiday abroad. Wilson clarified the quoted reductions applied to inbound travel and said the aim was to promote Ireland’s competitive fares.
While I appreciate that the Minister has reduced air fares is it not true that they also apply to people leaving this country and that there is an incentive to Irish people to holiday abroad?
Comment on this
A careful ear to my reply would have indicated that the fares I quoted were into the country. My emphasis is on fares into the country. We have done some research and the result of that has indicated that the lowering of fares impacted far more on the Irish scene up to now than it did further east. What we are trying to do is get the message across that our fares are low and highly competitive.
