Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister consider it fair, either to the hotels or the fledgeling Dublin Airport Authority, to leave the hotels in the care of an organisation that admits it does not have the interest, finance or ability necessary to run hotels? Running hotels is not what the authority does or what it is good at. Does it not have enough to do in running airports? Does it not behove the Minister to remove the hotels from the care of the authority for the sake of both the hotels and the airport?

It does not seem to be in anybody's interest to allow these circumstances to persist. The annual loss of €2.2 million represents a drain not just on the hotels but on the airport. It has considerable implications for the fledgeling airport authority.

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