Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is very worrying. What will happen if we have another outbreak of Covid or if something else goes wrong or some other thing happens? I am very concerned about the fact that last weekend was nice and dry but if it was not - and other members referred to this - then lots of people could have got very wet. I am thinking in particular of people with young children, older people and people with disabilities.

I appreciated the trip. I remember journalists came to me afterwards and said that the test will be Easter, and the DAA passed that test quite well. The DAA made reference at the time - it did not want to overly advertise the fact - that it would be combing the queues to try to comb out people who were further down the queues than they should be with regard to their flights. Did that combing concept ever take off or did it just fail at the weekend because the DAA did not have the manpower to do it?

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