Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed)

Ms Lynne Embleton:

Let me be clear. Through the Covid period, we maintained the employment relationship with more of our people than many other airlines around Europe. The money we received through the wage support schemes was key and important to maintaining the employment of people. We have been able to recover from the Covid depths, as we said, at a rate ahead of other European carriers. The money received during the Covid period was essential for the employment of people. Those people stayed, largely, in the employment of Aer Lingus. Very few staff members, as a percentage of the staff we had pre-Covid, left the airline during the Covid period. We are rebuilding. There is no connection between the numbers the Deputy was setting out earlier.

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