Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Is the Minister surprised by venture capitalists moving in on Aer Lingus? Does he accept that the Government has made Aer Lingus vulnerable to people who will strip the company if they get the opportunity? The responsibility is not Michael O'Leary's. Rather, it is the Government's for selling a successful State company that was paid for and supported by taxpayers and its workers through the years.

How will this situation affect the organisations in Aer Lingus? Does the Minister have any idea about how the people in the company's unions, who supported it and took difficult decisions to make it successful, feel? His decision has left the company open to the sharks and the wolves.

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