Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 November 2003
Order of Business.
I would like to know what advice the Government really got on Aer Rianta. Is there a logical reason behind the decisions taken? Was a decision taken after which advice was sought that turned out to be the opposite of what the decision-maker wanted? We have ended up with a situation where it appears that not only is the future viability of Cork and Shannon airports threatened, but possibly that of the other regional airports as well. The Oireachtas should know what is going on here – it is simply a fiat at the end. Taxpayers' money was used to fund studies into the future viability of Cork and Shannon Airports and other airports. We are now being told that even though taxpayers' money was used, we will not know what conclusions were drawn. That is wrong and it is the duty of the Leader to bring the Minister for Transport, however reluctant he may be, to the House to outline precisely what his advice was and how he came to the conclusions he reached.
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