Yesterday morning, I was doing the school run when I turned on Highland Radio and "The Greg Hughes Show", which is very popular, was on. The manager from Donegal Airport was on it. Listening in, it was very worrying and to be honest, the phone has not stopped ringing since. I am calling on the Minister for Transport to clarify and protect the service from Donegal Airport to Dublin. Under the new public service obligations, PSO, contract, there are plans to change current flight times. This will have a major impact for people travelling to Dublin, especially for medical appointments in Dublin. There is a great service for cancer patients. Additionally, the new plan shows the plane will no longer stay overnight in Donegal. It will have to come from Dublin in the morning. There is also the problem of weather. Dublin is a major airport. Will there be time delays? That has a knock-on effect.

We are proud of this service in Donegal and proud of the airport at Carrickfinn but with the Government subsidising this, it needs to take a major look at this. What is there is working at the moment and everybody is happy with it. There is no need for change. Enhance it, by all means, but this will really mean people who have an appointment in Dublin in the morning will not be able to make it. They will have to come down the day before. What is going on here is not practical. I hope the Minister might come in here to have a debate on this so we can see what is going wrong.

As the Leader knows, we have no trains in Donegal. This is a lifeline for everybody and especially for cancer patients. It is something we really need to tie down and get the Government to sort out one way or another.