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
Mr. Kenny Jacobs:
It is not the case. The last time I was here turnover was higher than it is today. We have introduced a number of measures to improve retention of staff. It went from being stabilised to being now in a positive place. There is always a degree of retention issues with such a big complement of staff. Generally, I am satisfied with where the number is and that we beat the target we set for the number we had to hire. It was a big ask. Over the past 12 months across the full operation, we had to hire more than 1,000 staff. Anyone in Ireland would say that is a big ask. We worked hard to recruit people, get them through the vetting process, train them and get themin situ.
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