Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will talk about the amendment. I have met representatives of the Irish Aviation Authority. I am happy to put that on the record. It approached me and we met. That is why we are now seeing amendments coming from the Government. People are listening and taking on board the concerns that were being raised the last time we discussed this Bill in the House. I have also met the Irish Airline Pilots Association, IALPA, on numerous occasions. That is what an elected representative does. You engage with the people who are directly affected by the legislation, you take on board different points of view and try to work out a compromise or a best case. The rationale for us bringing forward amendment No. 1 which is the licenceholders' forum was that in the past, stakeholders were excluded. I acknowledge that when we get to them, the Government amendments will address some of our concerns but stakeholders were left out of meetings, including the unions representing the licenceholders. They were an important voice and should have been at the table. That was our thinking behind introducing amendment No. 1 on the licenceholders' forum. The problem with the groupings is we are going to discuss the Government's amendment on that-----