Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Keane report on mortgage arrears and difficulties was published just over one year ago, yet nothing has been done. A total of 100,000 people are facing mortgage difficulty. The Government is sitting on a report without implementing its recommendations. That is disgraceful, despite promises which were made before the election.

I wish to raise an issue raised by you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, and others in the House on the Pilot Training College. An alarming development has occurred in recent days. I refer to students who paid tens of thousands of euro to the private training college in Waterford to undergo pilot training. It now transpires that on the day the company was liquidated an application was made to the Companies Registration Office to register a new company. The new company was registered yesterday. The name of the new company is Clear Sky Pilot Training College Limited and it has the same address as the former pilot training company. Two company directors both work for Company Bureau Formations Limited. They will apply to the Irish Aviation Authority for recognition. There is a need for an investigation. Why is the new company using the same premises and why are the directors from the company, Company Bureau Formations Limited? What connection does the new company have to the former directors? Who is financing the formation of the company and why are the students being left high and dry by the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport? I do not propose an amendment to the Order of Business but I will do so next week if there is no progress on the issue. I call on the Leader to ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to come to the House and advise on whether he will investigate the situation prior to approval being given by the Irish Aviation Authority.