Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note with great interest that although there has been much hyperbole in the responses from Deputies opposite, not a single Deputy addressed the questions that I asked. This has not been used as a opportunity to address the current circumstances, in truth, of the individual concerned. It has been used to make soapbox speeches about issues related to the United States that the Deputies have raised on many occasions in the House.

I want to be clear on the position. This individual was sentenced to three months' imprisonment which was suspended for two years on condition she enter into a good behaviour bond and stay away from entering any part of Shannon Airport which is not authorised to the public. She is free to enter into any part of Shannon Airport that is authorised to the public.

Contrary to the views of Deputy Ó Cuív, she is not required to change her view about any issue. She is not curtailed in the criticism she engaged in. I wonder whether Deputy Ó Cuív, when he was a senior Minister, would have thought it a good idea for members of the general public to wander onto the runways of our major airports whenever it suited them and that no Garda action be taken and they be given a free pass to do so whenever they wished.

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