Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on discussions held with trade union representatives and community organisations on the sale of Aer Lingus. [4361/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I meet regularly with trade unions and community organisations in the course of my work. I have had one such meeting specifically dealing with the approaches by IAG to Aer Lingus.

At its request, I met with representatives of ICTU including SIPTU and IMPACT officials on 19 January at which they outlined their concerns about the IAG approaches. I reiterated that if any offer is made or when the details of any offer emerge, the Government will examine it very carefully against a set of public interest criteria before making any decision.  I also undertook to meet with them again in the event that any formal offer is made by IAG.