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:

That is our intention. We do not want people this summer to have the issue of getting parking. We do not want anyone to have an issue in their heads about whether or not they are going to have an issue at security. We want to take these things off the table. It is supply and demand. If there is more capacity in the system, notwithstanding everything Senator Craughwell has said, regardless of who owns it, if there is more supply the price should come down. Taking a longer-term view as we have said in our statement, we want metro north and BusConnects to work. We have a space reserved between terminal 1 and terminal 2 short-term car parks near the church at the airport and that is where we would want the station to be. We want that to happen too in the longer timeframe so that there are better public transport options to go to the airport for those coming up from Laois, Kildare, and from all parts of the country to fly from Dublin. People need to know they can go on a big holiday and stay in a long-term car park and if they are going tomorrow on a short-term business trip they can get a short-term space. Supply and demand will determine the price but we want to put in the service.

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