Shane Ross (Independent)

I am particularly keen to facilitate the Government rather than the Opposition. It is important to discuss this because the Government's response is so extraordinary. It has noted the Dublin Airport Authority's decision to sell the Great Southern Hotels. It is the first time in the history of the State that the Government has noted anything as an official policy. It is important that we have an early indication of what is happening.

There was a very strange statement from a Government spokesman last night who said that the Government's attitude is that it will not immediately block this decision. That means it will block it later on. It has set up the most obvious method of blocking anything by sending the matter to a group of advisers. Advisers are not necessary when deciding whether to sell the Great Southern Hotels. Let us have a debate rather than an ideological approach to the issue.