Proposed sale of Ardmore Studios
Kavanagh challenged the proposed sale of Ardmore Studios to a foreign buyer and said his Private Notice Question had been disallowed; he agreed to raise the matter on the Adjournment.
On a point of order on a similar matter, after Questions yesterday on the Order of Business the Taoiseach suggested that in order to get information one should put down a question. I tabled a Private Notice Question about Ardmore Studios and about the latest pronouncement on the radio by the Minister for Industry and Energy that he intends to sell Ardmore to a foreign buyer. This is in complete contravention of the resolution passed in Private Members Time last week and I asked for a Private Notice Question on that basis. I have been told by the office that the question has been disallowed. I do not believe that the interview given by the Minister, Deputy Reynolds, and what he said then, which was published in the papers, was taken into account when the decision was made. I ask the Chair for permission to raise this question, if not today then tomorrow, with the appropriate Minister because I do not think all the facts were taken into account.
