Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

Question : To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a detailed and credible explanation for the way a senior official in his Department was fully aware of the Aer Lingus decision to transfer a Heathrow service from Shannon to Belfast on 13 June 2007 and yet he was not informed of this decision until 3 August 2007, six weeks later.

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