Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Philips and his team for coming before the committee today. It is a very serious issue. We witnessed really chaotic scenes in Dublin Airport. These were scenes we really do not want to see again. Lasting reputational damage could be done to our country. I welcome Mr. Philips's forthright apology to the travelling public and to the staff who work in the DAA.

I want to go back to the 17 people who were scheduled to work as security officers on the Sunday. It is not really credible that they were rostered to work and that they could not work because they had not finished their training.

I find it hard to understand how that could happen. How did it happen?