Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My amendment on this issue was also declared out of order. I support Deputy Naughten and commend the Minister for the changes he has made. Deputy Mulherin has also put a great deal of work into this. The difficulty is that there is no fair play. It was always my contention that the deal announced for Shannon Airport before Christmas was going to put Ireland West Airport at a disadvantage. This amendment, and the Minister confirmed this to the Oireachtas Select Sub-Committee on Finance last week is motivated in the first instance by the prospect of revitalising Shannon Airport through having these services. Knock is in a position to do the same but it is not in the same development position. As well as handing the advantages of this amendment to Shannon Airport we have handed it a rent roll through the former properties of Shannon Development. It can use the rental income-----

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