Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Therefore, the DAA is running this airport on behalf of the Irish State. The Dublin Airport Authority is acting on behalf of the Irish State and that service has been supplied on behalf of the Irish State for the people of Ireland, the tourists, the people who come into this country and the people who leave this country.

In terms of the unions, our Chair asked a question earlier. What work will be done in the next number of days to encourage the unions and to work with the unions to bring on people with those contracts? I refer to the people of whom Mr. Philips has spoken. I believe it was correct that these were to have an extra six months plus two months.

My second question is on the communication. I think Mr. Cullinane was working on this. He spoke earlier about it. He said that he would be communicating directly after this meeting. What is going to be done from today, this evening and tomorrow in the national media and in the international media to communicate how our airport is open for business now? How will it be communicated that the airport is open and that it will be able to handle things, with the measures that the DAA will put in place over the next number of weeks? What will be done to reassure people about the measures that the DAA is putting in place right now? I will leave it at that, and I thank the Chair.