Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

No, as I hope to be a part of that as well. What I intend to do is what I try to do at all times. When one sets up a semi-State organisation, particularly a commercial one, it should be allowed to do its own business, organise its own affairs, pay for itself and, if at all possible, pay a dividend to the State. This is basically my approach to the DAA, as it would be to any other commercial semi-State organisation.

Regarding the question on debt in Cork, the position was made clear and a proposal was tabled and eventually accepted following the mediation process.

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