Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If it was still a wholly State-owned company I would probably agree with the Deputy. However, I am afraid the small shareholding that we now have, which is not only a minority shareholding but a small enough minority shareholding, unfortunately is not strategic in the sense that it can no longer influence the policy of the company. That was a decision made by a previous Government.