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On-Line Petition
Date Released: 09 Mar 2006To support the campaign to save Aer Lingus from privatisation, we invite you to participate in our online petition. Simply select the text between the lines below (letter to the Minister) and copy it.
Then click on the mailto: link. A mail message will open up. Type Save Aer Lingus in the Subject box. Paste the text you have copied into the body of the e-mail and hit the SEND button. Thank you for your support.
mailto: minister@transport.ie;dermot.mccarthy@taoiseach.gov.ie;julieoneill@transport.ie
_________________________________________________________________________________________ Martin Cullen TD Minister for TransportDear Minister
The decision by the Government to sell off a majority share-holding in Aer Lingus is bad for the airline, bad for the taxpayer, bad for the country and bad for the workforce, particularly when so much is uncertain with regard to their future and so much of their concerns left unresolved. There is an alternative! The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has proposed a State Holding Company to allow Aer Lingus to be retained in public ownership and still have the facility to raise capital.EU rules also allow the Government to invest directly in Aer Lingus as a going concern – which it most certainly is.It is now time for an urgent re-think before it is too late and we end up with another Eircom, or worse still, an Irish Ferries!
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