Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept what Deputy Troy is saying. I would have reservations particularly in relation to the meeting that is scheduled on 6 December with the pilots and the way that the IAA had requested, in a very forthright manner, that we furnish it with the folders that the Irish Airline Pilots' Association, IALPA, had sent us. The IAA was quite adamant that it was entitled to the information. When we sought legal advice, as we would have known anyway irrespective of legal advice being sought, we were informed that the IAA had no right to it.

It just seemed reluctant. On that basis, I am fearful that this meeting was arranged 24 hours in advance because of the IAA's resistance to coming before the committee to discuss the pilots' situation.