Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

If life was as simple as Deputy Kenny thought it was he would probably be Taoiseach himself. The situation is different to that. On 17 September 2009 it was communicated by Ryanair that the condition of hangar 6 being part of the proposal was to be withdrawn on 24 September at Ryanair's AGM. In the aftermath of the Prestwick announcement it was stated by the CEO that the prospect of providing jobs in Dublin remains. I welcome that and we are anxious to discuss it with him. Deputy Kenny will accept not only the comments of the Tánaiste but also the comments of the CEO of the IDA, the DAA, others in the business of dealing with these matters on a daily and weekly basis and all users of the airport. Arrangements have also been made for the use of hangars 1 and 2 by Ryanair.

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