Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

I accept there are significant and complex legal issues involved. The Tánaiste made offers of alternatives to Michael O'Leary. He comes from the same county as me and it appears that he got impatient with pendulum-style politics, the Tweedledum, Tweedledee facilitation that Aer Lingus had to be accommodated at all times while the DAA had an interest. The interest of the 300 or 500 jobs was lost in the maelstrom. Now the jobs are definitely lost, is there any lesson to be taken from the debacle to ensure it will never recur? Foreign countries must be treating us as a laughing stock.

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