Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The licence agreement is a binding contractual agreement for which a competition was held. It was contracted in November. Ryanair did not compete to take the hangar which it contends will play such a part in creating these jobs. We can create the 300 jobs at Dublin Airport. Hangar three, which is similar to the one in Prestwick, is available. We can build a facility similar to the Prestwick hangar on the northern and western sides of the runways, which would not affect the crossing of the runways in terms of heavy maintenance.

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