Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-29
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Regina Doherty (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

No, sorry. The Acting Chairperson must excuse me for a moment. The question is very clear. Who with technical and legal expertise and with aviation expertise assisted the Minister of State and the Department with drafting the legislation? That is a very clear question. If the Minister of State is relying on the experts in the IAA we have a serious issue with regard to legislation that has been drafted by a body for that body itself. It is as if we were drafting legislation on meat plants and went down to one of the meat barons and asked him or her to give us a hand with it. It is outrageous.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-29