James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

-----and the Government owns 100% of the DAA and will not instruct it to accommodate these jobs at a time of terrible recession in this country and offer the 300 people some hope. I fail to understand it. There is a perception of a political bias against airline maintenance workers in north Dublin and this came across to me very strongly this morning. I am offering the Taoiseach the opportunity to correct that perception and to correct the record of the House.

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