Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

I will ask Mr. Harrison to talk about the car parking. I thank the Senator for welcoming me into my new role. I love his comment about the staff at security. I was a big fan of going through Dublin Airport security when I worked for an airline. It was always really great. There are great people there whoi make it a seamless process. From the issues at the end of May last year up until now, and Christmas, and everything that happened, it is testament to the character they have and the pride they have in the role. They are the people who make it happen. It is a great team. They worked really hard. It is a team we want to grow and make airport security something that is nearly always seamless. There will always be a Good Friday or an Easter Saturday morning, and it is just difficult when one has that big an operation. It is an absolutely great team. They are the ones who make it happen.

I will now hand over to Mr. Harrison to talk about the car parking, how it works, what we would like to do to make it a good service, how it compares to prices for downtown parking in Dublin, and how short-term car parking is very different from long-term car parking which people use when they are heading away on their holidays, and how this ties in with people coming up from wider Leinster who will use the longer term car parks to get to the terminal.

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