David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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It was sold to Journey Aviation. We have an image of a jet stripped down in a hangar in Savannah and are being told that an informal contact who was paid just €900 and whose expertise in this area we know nothing about advised that it should be sold for scrap because it had had its day. It is still flying. On 23 November 2016 it flew from Paris to New York; on 28 November it flew from Allentown to New York; and on 3 December it flew from New York to Barbados. It is being advertised here and can be leased. The advert mentions its amenities - a split cabin for privacy, a full service gallery, a full lavatory, a flight phone, an SAT phone, video monitors and stereo system speakers. There are nice pictures of the inside of the jet. I was in contact with the company which had bought it and I am waiting for it to get back to me, but I received a copy of the insurance certificate which I have given to the clerk. It was reregistered as N297PJ and is insured at a value of $5 million. That seems to be a far cry from the image of a jet in pieces and which had had its day in a hangar in Savannah. It is being flown around the world making money for a company which did make a cost-benefit analysis. That is why I say I have a problem with the lack of due process on the part of the Department.