Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I refer to baggage handling, which applies to DAA as well. We went through a two-year period where we had to deal with Covid. Out of all the governments in Europe - I am not a member of the Government party - the Irish Government laid on significant supports for companies to retain staff. I do not accept that staff went off and found new or better jobs, because there was nowhere to go to get a better job. I think the witnesses’ strategy was wrong with respect to laying off people or making people redundant. I want to ask DAA representatives whether they would accept that strategy was wrong and whether in the future they need to think more long-term in respect of staff retention.