Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport
Mr. Fintan Towey:
In that scenario it would be a process to appoint a person to become chairman of the combined entity that is the Irish Aviation Authority right now. I suppose the question then would be whether that person would continue as chair of one of the new entities or whether we would have a process for the two new entities. In the hope that the period to enactment of the Air Navigation and Transport Bill would not be that long, I think it was felt that appointing an interim chair to hold the position until the Bill was enacted was sufficient. We do not have visibility on the timeframe for the enactment of the Bill. If it can reach Committee Stage quickly, we might have better visibility on the process.
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