Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

In response to Deputy James Reilly, the Taoiseach said that the Government is committed to sorting out its issues with Ryanair. The Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, has refused to meet Ryanair or to get involved in this serious crisis in the aviation industry. Some 1,000 redundancies may take place in Aer Lingus-----

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