Mr. Evan Cullen:

The baseline of what the Deputy said has been developed into what is called "just culture". There is a provision in the EU regulations that we must have just culture, not only in each organisation but also that the IAA is supposed to be supervising and have oversight of that just culture.

We challenge whether just culture is properly supervised in Irish aviation. We were told by a former representative of the IAA that he did not believe in just culture. Despite the fact that it was his job to police it, he said he did not believe in it.

He has since left but we are of the view that just culture is not promoted to the extent that it should be across Irish aviation.