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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome Mr. Walsh and Mr. Griffin. It has been a while since Mr. Walsh was here with us and clearly his career has gained altitude since then and we wish him well with that. The concerns that I and others have expressed in recent weeks have been in response to industry sources, that is, people who are responsible for employing large numbers of people in Dublin, the mid-west and in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Could Mr. Walsh come back to me on the expansion plans at Dublin, Cork and Shannon? He has still not really told me what is in it for IAG. Aer Lingus has been performing very well in the north of England hubbing transatlantic passengers through Dublin. Has that been a concern to British Airways? Has Aer Lingus been raiding the north of England at the expense of British Airways and is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Are there guarantees regarding Shannon and Cork?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: But not connected to the three airports.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Mr. Walsh has given me his aspirational view. I will take it as "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: But Mr. Walsh did not say "Yes".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I am taking that as a "No" in the absence of a "Yes".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Mr. Walsh is welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: We will not have time to hear the answers. Could we park it now, come back and then finish it off? It might be better. That is merely a suggestion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I am trying to understand where we go from here and what the next move is. Mr. Walsh might expand on this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: My question was not answered. I asked about the potential to have a strategic alliance between the State and Mr. Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: As a result of today's deliberations and the previous ones, the one piece that is missing is the voice of Aer Lingus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: It might be suitable for the committee to invite in Mr. Mueller just to have a conversation about some of the issues we have discussed today.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: On the health information Bill, it is reported that the HSE sent correspondence to the Department of Health in which it sought a budget increase of €1.4 billion for 2015. This would represent a net increase of approximately €900 million. As the Tánaiste is aware, the HSE was only granted an increase of €115 million in the budget. The Minister for Health is on...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste is supposed to answer questions.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: In September 2011, in response to the offer by Ryanair to buy out Aer Lingus, the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, outlined the Government's position when he stated: "The Government remains committed to the sale of the stake in Aer Lingus at the right time under the right conditions." The Minister, as the Tánaiste is aware, also stated at that time...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: We will try it again. I have a couple of straightforward questions.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Deputy Stagg and others will be aware that-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Timmy Dooley: -----the partial sale of Aer Lingus ensured its viability and that it did not collapse. It has increased passenger numbers and is in a healthy state and the envy of other airlines. I therefore stand over that decision. It was a positive one for Aer Lingus and for Ireland. I stand over this decision because it was the right one. I am asking the Tánaiste very clearly - if the Deputies...