Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I wish to have a debate on the quality of advice the Government received. I would like a member of the Government to come to the House and tell us how he or she believes that in spite of the €30 million that was spent on advice, the company in question did not notice the possibility that Ryanair would be lurking to try and take over Aer Lingus. Was there a hint in the extraordinarily expensive advice received by the Government that this could have happened? The evidence last week was of chaos, confusion and near-panic for a time because no one had considered this possibility. I did not consider it, but I was not paid €30 million to advise the Government. Someone was paid €30 million and missed this possibility.