Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a specific and urgent matter of public interest, namely, the revelation that the company brought in to mediate between Cork Airport and the Dublin Airport Authority over the debt liability that Cork Airport is expected to carry into the future, is the same company that acted as adviser to the Dublin Airport Authority and prepared the business plan for Cork Airport; the conflict of interest that such an appointment may create; and the urgency to address reports that the new Cork Airport Authority may have to carry a debt of €100 million, which will put the future of Cork Airport at risk and has already led to the threat of two airlines withdrawing from the airport.

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