Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is clear there is an onus on the Irish Aviation Authority and IMPACT to be creative on the issue and avoid an unnecessary dispute involving the travelling public or business next week. There is agreement on both sides that further personnel should be supplied in the future, but there is an exceptionally long time involved in the training of those personnel. On the basis that there is agreement in principle on how to move forward, we are really dealing with how the interim period will be managed. I hope that best industrial relations practice will emerge on both sides in a way that will ensure that the public is not disproportionately inconvenienced because there is agreement in principle about how this matter should progress.

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