Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The last time Aer Lingus representatives appeared, they were here with the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, and it was a fractious meeting. They informed us this time last year, when the company was doing its schedule for the summer, that it believed the industry would return quicker than other industries. It did return very quickly and the industry was caught out. How has Aer Lingus’s relation with the DAA been in recent weeks and months in terms of operations in Dublin Airport? Obviously, there would have been a co-operation between the DAA and Aer Lingus on what happened on 10 September in terms of ensuring communication with people outside the terminal building. How is the relationship between the two companies at the moment? Would our witnesses admit that it has been difficult during Covid and as we come out of the pandemic?