Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The pensioners are to get nothing, but the executives are to enjoy a bonanza, pay-outs of the scale of a bonanza. Riddle me this: how does this tally in any shape or form with what we might understand as the national interest? How will the Government ever convince people that we are in a stronger position without a share in Aer Lingus as opposed to having a strategic 25% share? The Tánaiste has claimed that the B share represents a veto - she used the word "veto" very deliberately - for the Minister for Finance. This is the first time the B share which, according to many, is legally dubious has been described as a veto. Will the Tánaiste set out her rationale for making that assertion?

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