Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach mentioned legislation and I agree. There is a growing number of people in the country. A certain amount of hostility is being encountered by tourists because people think they are flouting laws when they are not. We have to be clear that these people are flouting laws or they are not.

Will we see legislation to move Shannon Heritage from a group which clearly does not want it anymore to a better home where it might be looked after and where the tourism potential of these sites will be exploited not for the profit of the sites themselves but for the small family-owned businesses around them which are dependent on them?

Will we see a new board appointed to the Shannon Group? It comprises not just the airport but the heritage sites and Shannon commercial properties which will bring the strategic vision and direction necessary for this important group to move forward?

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