Fine Gael will be pushing to discuss this on the first day of the 30th Dáil, although it is thought that the Labour party will propose a similar motion.  If the wording of both motions is similar, the parties will probably propose the motion jointly.

The motion, which Galway East TD Paul Connaughton said “provides an opportunity for the protesting Fianna Fáil backbenchers to keep their word”, calls on the Government to “fulfil its commitment to the Irish people by exercising its voting power to ensure the retention of [these] strategic air links.”

The main purpose of the Fine Gael conference was to analyse the election results and to plan for the coming Dáil year, but the Shannon-Heathrow issue will be one of the Opposition’s main sticks with which to beat the government, and Fine Gael were readying their weapons in Galway last week.

Deputy Connaughton also told the Galway Independent that Fine Gael would be seeking ten extra seats in the next election, in order to give the party “an equal, if not a greater right to govern, than Fianna Fáil.” He also said that the party would most likely be entering the next election as an independent entity, without the support of Labour, which was so valuable last May.

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