Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)

This relates to a forthcoming Bill. A very serious situation is emerging in the aviation sector given the news over the weekend that services are being withdrawn from Shannon Airport and Ryanair's announcement yesterday of a reduction of 36 flights a week and one fewer aircraft. I am pleased to see the Ministers for Transport, and Arts, Sport and Tourism present. Will the Government call Michael O'Leary's bluff and abandon the €10 travel tax-----

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