Tony Killeen
Ceist:50 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she has satisfied herself that the arrangement for Aer Lingus services to Los Angeles in 1999 comply with the terms of the Ireland-US Bilateral Air Agreement and its stipulation that 50 per cent of non-stop scheduled flights by each airline to and from the US and Ireland within the same 12 month period must operate non-stop to and from Shannon; and if she will provide assurances that the 1999 precedent will not be used by other transatlantic airlines or by Aer Lingus when it enters a strategic alliance to side-step the equal share out of direct flights between Dublin and Shannon as stipulated in the amended 1993 agreement. [16073/99]