Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

In the light of the continuing and damaging media speculation on the sale of the Great Southern hotels, will the hotels end up under the control of the proposed new Dublin airport authority, or has the Minister other plans for them?

This arises from the Government's decision to restructure Aer Rianta. There is a difficult trading environment and given this ongoing uncertainty, it behoves the Minister to make a statement. Perhaps the Leader would be good enough to arrange a debate on the matter.

I strongly support what Senator Tuffy said. Given the difficult trading environment and in terms of the future of our tourism industry, the question of children in hotels after 9 p.m. needs to be addressed for the hotel sector and for the sake of the industry.