Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman for his kind remarks earlier, which are much appreciated. We have an impasse in our deliberations on this Air Navigation and Transport Bill. All of us want to see regulation. I want to ask a number of questions and I thank Mr. Cullen for his engagement and thorough preparedness for this meeting. Does Mr. Cullen believe that any of IALPA's amendments will inhibit or take away from the independence of the regulator? To cite his example of the Central Bank, we need to have an independent regulator free from vested interests, be they Government, the transport sector or IALPA.