Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Of course. The DAA is a commercial entity. On the issue of the use of the Army, it has been mentioned by the DAA and it has come up in discussions. It is unclear what the Army would do at this point, particularly coming into the weekend. As I have said, the crux of the matter is around security officers who are specially trained and have to have a particular certification to do that specialised work. On crowd control, there are plenty of companies across the country that could be employed to do that kind of work. Nothing is off the table regarding Government assistance. However, the DAA must ensure it is maximising every resource it has, including looking outside the organisation itself. The DAA is a commercial entity. It is the authority's responsibility to manage passengers and do whatever is needed for that.

We meet them every day to discuss whatever is needed. We will see the delivery of this plan over the weekend and that will tell us a lot about-----