Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the correspondence between the commission and Ryanair, the latter has asked the committee to investigate a number of issues and it would be remiss of me not to put the questions raised by Ryanair to Mr. Guiomard while he is before us. My questions on the DAA price increases and declines in passenger traffic have been answered. Ryanair maintains that the commission is overstaffed. It states that licensing work is a simple function that is repeated every year and that most of the 3,000 to 4,000 complaints received by the commission are referred elsewhere, with only approximately five per week being investigated by the commission. It states the workload of the commission does not warrant the level of staffing in its office, specifically since it outsourced the scheduling work for the airport. How does Mr. Guiomard respond to Ryanair's position?