Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is part of the overall experience if a person is four, four and a half or five hours from when he or she gets out of his or her car, bus or whatever to get to his or her gate and he or she has not had a cup of tea or been able to use a toilet facility. That is a huge problem.

We know the Government did not provide any conditionality in terms of retaining employees. The DAA is losing €1 million per day. Did the Government ever say to the DAA that it would get support as part of the employee wage subsidy scheme, EWSS? The DAA is a distinct case; it is not like other companies. This is a strategic State agency. Did the Government ever say the DAA is getting this support and that it actually needs the DAA to cut costs? Did the Government either through Ministers or senior officials in the Department of Transport ever say the DAA is getting all this money from it and that it actually needs to see the DAA cut costs?