Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows, the Air Navigation and Transport Bill is going through the Seanad at the moment. I am at a loss to understand what the logjam is with respect to considering the amendments prepared by the Irish Air Line Pilots Association which I along with others have sponsored in the Seanad. It seems that when a decision is made on a Bill, it is written in stone and nobody is prepared to listen to any other views, even those of the experts. These are the people who fly the aeroplanes and I believe they are the people we should be listening to. Is there something ideological that prevents a Minister changing the published legislation when good arguments are made?