Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an urgent and specific matter of public interest, namely the revelation that the company brought in to mediate in the dispute between the Cork and Dublin Airport authorities over the debt liability that Cork Airport is expected to carry into the future has still not engaged with the Cork Airport Authority in any meaningful way to resolve this matter, to further ask the Minister for Transport if he is aware that this company is already in receipt of other lucrative contracts from the Dublin Airport Authority, thereby creating what many would see as a conflict of interest; and if he will now consider the appointment of a new mediator who will have the confidence of the Cork Airport Authority and who will ensure the interests of Cork Airport will not be ignored in the mediation process.

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