Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for the presentation as they have done a really good job of outlining the potential impact on a group of Irish consumers if the current deal goes ahead without appropriate checks being put in place. They will be disadvantaged significantly as a result of a potential loss of access to a competitor, namely Virgin Atlantic. The witnesses have clearly indicated they have a business or commercial interest. That should not prevent them from highlighting something which is of benefit to the company and also to some of the Irish people and inbound tourism.

Mr. Thompson has done such a good job at identifying those concerns that he seems to have upset some people at Government level who perhaps wanted to keep this brushed under the carpet and did not-----