Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association
Mr. Evan Cullen:
I actually do not know. While the legislation states it is the Minister who directs it is to happen, it is actually the IAPA that must pay for it.
I will tell the Deputy another story that will give more context on this. When we eventually got a section 32 examination, in 2014 and 2015, we participated in it. We had three three-hour sessions with the examination team. After we had participated in the process to provide the information, the Minister refused to release the report to us. It was only under the freedom of information legislation and the various appeals, going all the way to the Office of Information Commissioner, that we eventually won access to it. We were quite pleased that it reflected, in very technical language, what we were saying and our concerns. The reports are very technical but they do not give a clean bill of health. I will put it to the Deputy that way.
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