Mr. Dalton Philips:

An Garda Síochána has been fantastic. I cannot speak more highly of the work it has done. The local team at Dublin Airport has been exceptional, and Drew Harris has gotten right behind it. Next is Cork Airport. We have somewhere between three and six officers coming up and helping us from there. The Deputy might think three is not a lot but what we need is X-ray certified officers. That is our key bottleneck and having those officers up, even though it is only three to six of them, depending on the day, makes a material difference. We have also gone out to other airports, both regionally in Ireland and internationally. I have put this out to the EU to try to get security officers over here. We need to recertify them but that can be done quickly. The problem is that all the other airports are scrambling for these workers. When I went out to the regional airports, they all wanted to help but they had nobody to give. Shannon Airport and its CEO, Mary Considine, have been terrific. Ms Considine wants to help in any way she can but she cannot free up any security officers as she needs them all. That is the issue we have.