Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy said he would be familiar with the situation and obviously he is, because he has made the point about the guarantees that were included when Aer Lingus was privatised in 2006. When Aer Lingus shifted connections from Shannon to Belfast, it did so without coming under any control from the State. The Deputy is familiar with that and that is the weakness of the privatisation the previous Government agreed to.

The proposals now give the Minister for Finance of the day control and a veto over both the sale and the use of the slots-----

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