Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

My question is similar to that of Deputy Shortall. The business plans are predicated on the availability of certain facts. Cork Airport Authority, for instance, began planning on the basis that it would start off without debt. Now it does not know. How can it prepare the business plans without that information? Deputy Shortall is right, political decisions must be made so that the business plans can be realistic.

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