Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That is the truth. If we are talking about getting the job done, we have hangars 3 and 4 to do the job. If Ryanair wants to build, as it has done at Prestwick Airport, we will do that as well and, therefore, it is not true to say we are indifferent to trying to protect or create jobs; quite the contrary. However, this or any Government cannot engage in breaking a licence agreement, for which they are consequences, and we would be injuncted from doing so if we even attempted to by the parties who hold the licence.

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