Shane Ross (Independent)

I am finishing. The State will go on trying to reassure its statist friends and every time this is said, the value of the airline goes down. The truth is that nobody cares. This is a political solution to an economic problem. It is the worst possible solution but the Minister and the Taoiseach's friends in the trade unions can rest assured they have won an enormous victory. They are still in control of Aer Rianta and the second terminal and they are still in control of Aer Lingus.