Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I suppose there has to be engagement to ensure these difficulties can be dealt with and yet they are beyond the DAA's or our remit.

I will go back to Christmas. Obviously, there was a particular issue and no-one is going to blame the DAA or anyone else for the weather we got. Initially, however, it was put on the airlines. Representatives from Aer Lingus appeared before the committee and said that at an operational level, the DAA accepted there were things that could have been done better and that there may have been set-aside areas, which need to be put in place into the future. Could Mr. Jacobs address that? Aer Lingus was obviously not overly happy that the DAA said it was not its fault, for want of a better term.

Beyond that, we are very interested that this does not happen again and that we have the best infrastructure or whatever is required because we will be dealing with cold weather into the future.