Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I see the Leader intends to take No. 1, which deals with the disbursement of the proceeds of the sale of the State's share in Aer Lingus. Those proceeds amount to €335,272,562.50.I raised this matter before it was referred to the committee and asked that a commitment be given that when it was referred back from it, a debate would be held on it because the very reason the State had this money was that it had robbed Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport and former SR Technics pensioners and pension fund members, 15,000 of whom effectively and arbitrarily had had their pension entitlements cut. Many Members will know, particularly colleagues in the Labour Party who had given them promises that they would deal with this issue and reneged on these promises-----