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assurance that any future insolvency they may have will be recognised in Malta, Luxembourg or another EU member state. We have to do everything in our gift to ensure that businesses and families are prevented from entering insolvency, wherever possible

between 2.5 million and 3 million passengers per annum would be within state aid rules. It would also allow those airports to grow and compete more effectively for market share. It is in the gift of the Government to do that. The new programme begins … detriment of other airports. That the national airport should have such dominance - 91% - over other airports is extraordinary among EU member states. While we call it a regional airports programme, we take pride in Shannon Airport not being a regional airport. It is an international airport

around Knockraha. What is also disturbing, as the Minister of State highlighted, is the lack of regulation, which, by the way, really suits the developers. They love it. The famous statement is "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts", but I think one should beware of Greeks bearing opinions. Quite

actions. Lowry does not like the findings of the tribunal being reported and discussed. He personally sued journalist Sam Smyth for defamation for stating that Lowry had been "caught with his hand in the till". This action was notable because Lowry declined to sue the media organisations that … first manifestation of this was the election of the Ceann Comhairle on 18 December. The office of Ceann Comhairle should never have been gifted as part of this deal. It undermined years of Dáil reform and opened up the office to charges of bias. The introduction

these airports, particularly Shannon Airport in my constituency, is that the Government raise the 1 million passenger cap. This is possible under state aid rules and increasing it would allow Shannon and Cork airports to have a regular and steady income stream each year. This would allow them … done for the regional airports. I would love to see the regional airports fund cap raised. As I said, this is in the gift of the Government and it would hugely