James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I will mention the Bill if I am pushed to it. It is important that we have clarity on this issue. Perhaps the Taoiseach would like to correct the record of the House because I have spoken to both Ryanair and Aer Lingus and neither knows anything about a competition. I refer to a raft of correspondence from Ryanair on this issue dating back to February 2009 so to say it expressed no interest is clearly not in line with the facts. On the day Aer Lingus is talking about letting go 1,100 workers and more than 100 SR Technics workers are marching from the Garden of Remembrance today in protest-----

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