A Clare Government Senator is calling for new legislation that would see legal obligations on airlines to ensure a certain number of flights at Shannon Airport.
It follows strong criticism levelled at Dublin Airport in recent weeks over long queues at security and passengers missing flights there.
While Transatlantic flights and a full Ryanair summer schedule have returned to Shannon, its February passenger numbers remained a third below pre-pandemic levels.
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Mountshannon-based Fianna Fail Senator Timmy Dooley says legal obligations may be needed to ensure those numbers increase sufficiently.
