Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority

Ms Catherine Gubbins:

Absolutely. We have acknowledged that it was unexpected and that we were disappointed to see it ourselves. We absolutely needed to start the process of engagement internally and externally with the various parties, who, with us, are responsible for this, to understand how it had happened. That involved us going back through the various engagements that had been held and understanding what had happened in 2016 and in the intervening six years until the runway actually went live. I fully accept that. With regard to a potential breach of trust, what I would say is we immediately started a process of engagement with the relevant community groups and local councillors and representatives because we were aware that communicating and letting people know our position and our understanding of that position at all periods was appropriate from that point until now. That is how we have tried to address the concern in the neighbourhood and to address that breach of trust.

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