Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I reject the personalised attack by the Leader of the Opposition on the Tánaiste.

When SR Technics announced the closure 12 months ago of its operations in Dublin Airport the Tánaiste appointed the IDA and Enterprise Ireland as contact points for any company that wanted to maintain part of its operation there or had ideas for starting a similar business at the airport. As a result, many expressions of interest were received and two were considered worth pursuing. One involved Dublin Aerospace proceeding with a project that provides 250 jobs in that area-----

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