Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion

10:05 am

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late; I was detained in the Seanad Chamber. I echo what Deputy Dooley and Senator Mulcahy said regarding Clare County Council's continued and important involvement. It is Government policy that the local authority would take a more proactive role at national level in economic development with the enterprise board legislation and so on. However, the role Clare County Council has played at local level in the development of Shannon and with the airport and so on over the years must be acknowledged. I would like to see in the legislation some formalised structure to ensure the council and the county manager would be on the board and in terms of other areas of importance, and that such connectivity would be in the primary legislation.

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