Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

----in particular because of the lack of any guarantees regarding the slots after seven years. Can the Taoiseach indicate whether there was any contact with the European Commission in regard to the capacity of the Government, on its own in terms of this so-called 'B' share, to veto the sale of the slots, particularly because my understanding is that the Government, on its own, cannot, under EU competition law, do so?

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