Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a full statement on the disclosure that his Department was aware of plans by Aer Lingus to scrap its Shannon to Heathrow routes and transfer the service to Belfast six weeks before he claims to have been made aware of the proposals; the reason he took no action in regard to such a major threat to job creation and economic investment in the west and the mid-west regions; and if he will appoint an independent figure from outside the Civil Service to carry out an investigation to establish exactly who in his Department was aware of the Aer Lingus plans and the reason no action was taken.

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Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a full statement on the disclosure that his Department was aware of plans by Aer Lingus to scrap its Shannon to Heathrow routes and transfer the service to Belfast six weeks before he claims to have been made aware of the proposals; the reason he took no action in regard to such a major threat to job creation and economic investment in the west and the mid-west regions; and if he will appoint an independent figure from outside the Civil Service to carry out an investigation to establish exactly who in his Department was aware of the Aer Lingus plans and the reason no action was taken.

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