Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

If I was in here in other circumstances and interfering in the day-to-day operation of the companies in question, the Deputy would make another complaint. He asked about the various bodies I had met. I have met with all the major ones since joining the Department. I met with Aer Lingus, Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann, the Cork Airport Authority, CIE, the Commission for Aviation Regulation, the Commission for Taxi Regulation, the Dublin Airport Authority, the Drogheda Port Company, the Dublin Transportation Office, Dublin Port Company, Galway Harbour Company, Iarnród Éireann, the Irish Aviation Authority, the National Roads Authority, the Port of Cork Company, the Railway Safety Commission, the Road Safety Authority, the Railway Procurement Agency, representatives of the three airports and the Shannon Foynes Port Company, and the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, has responsibility for the ports.

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