Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that terminal 1 is a 50-year-old building. However, I remember when I was a child that the B gates, as they were known at the time, were the only ones open most of the time. The A gates were resurrected perhaps for a few weeks in the summer. We have all of that now as well as pier D, which is a huge addition, yet passengers still come in the same front door and go through the same security footprint that was always there. It has massively increased. What is the building capacity of terminal 1, including pier D or whatever it is called now? What is the capacity of terminal 2? I accept that there is a planning permission limit of 32 million passengers but what is the building capacity? If the 32 million limit was lifted in the morning, could Dublin Airport operate for 40 million or 50 million passengers or would a lot of additional capacity be needed?

No one wanted to touch on the third terminal. Will there be a point in the next five, ten, 15 or 20 years when a brand new third terminal will be needed?

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