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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Minerals Development Bill 2014: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Breslin. I will now turn to the members and ask them to note that the Bill is at an advanced stage and it is my understanding that this committee is not to consider it as pre-legislative scrutiny, but to engage and look at the complexities and the scale of the draft Bill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: We are now in public session. I remind everybody to switch off mobile phones. Apologies have been received from Deputy Helen McEntee. The item on the agenda is a discussion with two representatives from Virgin Atlantic Airlines: Mr. Joe Thompson, director of network and alliances and Mr. Dave Hodges. The purpose of the meeting is to engage with Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hodges regarding Virgin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Thompson for his presentation. The committee has heard from many stakeholders and interested parties and that is the reason we invited Virgin Atlantic to appear before us this morning. Our role is to feed into the ongoing debate between Government and IAG regarding this proposal. As Chairman, I can speak for all members when I state that our objective is to ensure the outcome...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: Passengers are obviously making those decisions themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Thompson. I now call Deputy Dooley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: You will get a chance to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I will come back to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: No. I will not deal with it now. I gave you the time to speak, Deputy Dooley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: You will be entitled to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: Deputy O'Donovan, please do not refer to any other Deputy for the remainder of your questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I want to run this in an orderly fashion. I am giving everyone a full chance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: If Mr. Thompson wishes, he can supply the information to the committee and we will circulate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I presume the use of independent expertise is ongoing in the background. That would not be relevant to the function of this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: The Government obviously wants to do the best deal for Ireland so I presume it will have all that expertise and independence at hand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: Yes, and the Deputy has made his point in that regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: We will consider all the discussions we have had in private and make recommendations to feed into the debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: I am conscious that people wish to ask supplementary questions and I will allow that after Mr. Thompson responds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: Members, including me, want to ask some supplementary questions. I ask that the questions be direct as we want to maintain a bit of decorum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: Any analysis we have of this discussion can be done in private session and I will say the same to any other Deputy here. The nature of committees is that we are cross-party and we put direct questions to witnesses who are entitled to come in to us, and whom we welcome to come in to us, but we do not make a political football within committees. That is the strength of committees and, as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
John O'Mahony: On the further information which Mr. Thompson does not have with him today, perhaps he could follow up with that as much as he can?