Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion

Mr. Basil Geoghegan:

And formally. It is done continuously to go through everything from operational decisions to having a review on a regular basis, I think it is weekly or monthly, of operations, how we can do better, how Members can help us and we can help them. With the capital infrastructure plan, CIP, we spent lots of time with the airlines going through what they wanted from the airport. Aer Lingus would like to see a good transfer hub. Ryanair wanted more stands. It does not want stands with air bridges. We had a debate and, to a certain extant, a laugh with Michael O'Leary as to whether we should have a bridge from one pier to another or put people in buses. That is fine. We will always have some differences. The broad parameters of the CIP were supported by all of the airlines. It then comes down to the right cost. For an airline, it is natural to say the cost needs to be lower. I have no problem with that; that is their job. Our job is to have manners put us so we are not inefficient but also give us the facility to invest for the long term.

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