Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know. You do not need to be so defensive as I am not referring to you at all. I am saying I felt the running order was incorrect, that it would have been better to have had the pilots in first and then the Irish Aviation Authority. Even if we proceed today, representatives of the IAA have gone; therefore, we cannot take the authority to task on the issues raised. If you are suggesting the pilots should come back, that would only be effective if the IAA was also invited back to respond. Otherwise the exercise would be futile. If the committee agrees, we should invite the Irish Airline Pilots Association back on the basis that it would proceed first and that the IAA would respond to the issues and questions raised.