Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy should not be so touchy. One of our clear ideas - I encourage the Deputy to do the same as it always helps to be positive - was the creation of NewERA. It was not an ideological view but a clear view that if we had a commercial State company with significant assets, we could use part of the assets to rebuild the country in circumstances where they were not of strategic use to the country. We are going through that process in government, as we said we would do in opposition.

The Government has not taken a view on this issue, which is why the debate has been useful. However, I agree with what Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan said-----

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