Shane Ross (Independent)

Yes. I ask for a debate on the role of SIPTU in the national economy and in what is happening today. It is completely out of synch not only with IMPACT, which is behaving responsibly, but also with the workers it represents. This is a power play. When SIPTU leaders called a meeting last week, only some 40 out of 1,800 members attended. The leadership of SIPTU does not have the support of its members. We should not allow a small group of antediluvian dinosaurs to hijack and damage the privatisation of Aer Lingus.