Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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828. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will bring forward the State airports (Shannon group) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8122/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department, in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, is nearing completion of the State Airports (Shannon Group Bill). I expect to be in a position to secure Government approval to publish the Bill in March with a view to enactment by the summer recess. Subject to enactment of the Bill, it will then be a priority to formally establish the new company, appoint its board, transfer ownership of SAA and Shannon Development to it and carry out all other legal and administrative procedures to ensure that the new company structure is ‘bedded-down’ as soon as possible.