Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

When will the promised report into the investigation in the Department of Transport on the withdrawal of Aer Lingus's Shannon-Heathrow services be presented to the House? Will the House have an opportunity to debate it?

In view of the resignation yesterday of the executive chairman of the Shannon Airport Authority board and the clear precedent created where Ministers were not informed of the decision to change the Aer Lingus service, when will the Taoiseach insist on the independence of Cork and Shannon airports from the Dublin Airport Authority, as envisaged by the State Airports Act 2004?

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