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Tue 11 Nov 2002Transport Minister faces Dail challengeThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, will come under severe Opposition pressure today to make a full statement to the Dáil on the claims that a €5,000 bill to Aer Rianta was left unpaid by a Government Minister.Fine Gael and Labour are to attempt to raise the matter in the Dáil under standing orders, and are to demand that Mr Brennan come out and categorically deny any involvement in the affair. Last night the Fine Gael spokesman for transport, Mr Denis Naughten, called on Mr Brennan to clearly state he is not the Minister involved in the Aer Rianta allegations.