Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is important to clear up a number of misapprehensions and misnomers. All of us, including the Deputies opposite, who are local to the area in question, knew that, in November 2007 when Aer Lingus lost the contract and it went to tender, there would be grave implications for SR Technics. It was on that basis that everybody here did their utmost to ensure the contracts became available as quickly as possible. I refer to the ten year contract that Aer Lingus has at present. Contrary to what Deputy Reilly is saying, everyone knew in 2007-----

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