Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Jacobs. Turning to the DAA's key asks and the issue of airport charges, I found it an interesting tactic to highlight the price of a pint of Guinness in Temple Bar, which is something that instinctively makes everyone really angry, and I appreciate Mr. Jacobs was trying to contrast the airport charges with that. I do not want Dublin Airport to be a low-cost airport, and I agree with the argument for increasing charges if we are going to provide a better service within the airport. It should not be just, as I have said previously, a big building through which we just try to plough people. I understand that argument and I can go in that direction. Nevertheless, Mr. Jacobs mentioned €9.99. Did he just throw that out as a suggested figure?

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