Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his response and the explanations therein. As he said, he is familiar with the background to the accident as the plane involved took off from Cork and he knows the bereaved families, as I do also. Can the Department's air accident investigation unit examine each and every aspect of the findings in RTE's investigative report? The report seemed credible, although I am not an expert in aeronautical matters and therefore I am not in a position to comment on the validity, or otherwise, of the report. Given the questions this raises about the report, each aspect of the investigation should be examined. We owe it to the victims involved to obtain a response in this regard from the AAIU. I would be extremely grateful if the Minister were to convey this to the Department.