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Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: Has amendment No. 3 gone?

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: My apologies.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 23, to delete lines 7 to 15.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 23, to delete lines 16 to 37, to delete pages 24 and 25, and in page 26, to delete lines 1 to 15.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I do not normally get involved in argy-bargy across the floor. I have tried to avoid that all my life, even in the county council, and I got away with it. Today is different, however. Today is a very dangerous day for us and for democracy in the country. In the previous Seanad, when I was on the Government benches, my Whips made sure that I voted for a couple of items that I was not too...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: Quite clearly-----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: Quite clearly, the Government has no real interest in a real, meaningful and productive banking inquiry at all.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: The people made their decision on Fianna Fáil in 2011 and we got hammered. We accepted it and got on with the business. The Government is not finished with that business, however. Quite clearly, by seeking to have a built-in majority in this inquiry, it is going to ensure the late Brian Lenihan, Brian Cowen and all they did will be blamed for all the ills of the country. That is what...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I have. One could put on ten or 15 more people on that committee, yet Brian Cowen will come before it and will answer the questions.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It will show that the blueprint of Mr. Lenihan is the one that, under Deputy Michael Noonan, has got this country out of the mess.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I have not finished yet.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I never overdo things.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: To conclude, I am appealing to Members opposite, especially the Independent Members, not to stand for this.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is going to be the worst day in the history of this Seanad and probably one of the worst days for democracy since the Blueshirts.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is woeful to have to listen to this.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: The smear did not work.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: This is about the signal going out to the people Cork. I accept the Minister’s point that the situation at the airport is not correct and it is somewhat anomalous to have a company in place where there is no effective work for it to do. That is, however, what should be addressed rather than winding up the company. We should also equalise arrangements between Dublin, Shannon and...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply. The figures are not optimistic but we have moved on since 2006. Although the coffers are not as full as they appeared at that time, there is a new reality in the construction sector and people are getting major projects over the line for sums that are much more realistic than the figures received by the Minister at that time because of certain financial...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are opposing this section on the grounds that it is unfair, in the main, to the future of Cork Airport. It does not in any way answer the major uncertainty hanging over the future of the Cork facility. As it is so vague, it has added to the anxieties that the business community and the people of the south west have about the future of their airport. It seems as if continuing to have the...