Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Eir was perfectly entitled to withdraw and Ms Lennon has laid out very clearly the reasons for its withdrawal. We are delighted to have Eir before us. It is able to give us a perspective that is very important to our work. I know that others are under pressure to get in. One's instinct would indicate that there seemed to be one set of rules in terms of communications protocols that applied to Eir and a different set that applied to others.