Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

The main thing from my point of view is getting the spaces as quickly as we can. The Deputy is right to point out - and his daughter has her own experience in this regard - that the level of concern has probably been greater than needs to be the case. I reiterate that people can get spaces. This will return us to the capacity we would have had for car parking in 2019. However, the CCPC process needs to run its course. We have looked at all options, including, as I said, how we would operate it on a short-term lease basis this summer, as we did last summer. We just want more spaces because that will give us the extra capacity we know we need in the area of car parking. We will continue to step up and help passengers find spaces and do everything we can.

On the other options, as I said, Dublin Airport is the biggest bus station in the country. We are adding more taxi permits. We are putting more information on the website. I do not think the travelling public needs to be as anxious as the media may have been suggesting a couple of weeks ago. Again, I reiterate that there are spaces available in July and August. The cost of long-term car parking is capped at €8. Hundreds of thousands of people have booked long-term spaces at a daily rate of as little as €8. I think it is good value. Spaces are still available, but there are not unlimited spaces. The sooner we get the 6,200 quick-park spaces, the better, from our point of view.