Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am a terrible person for interrupting, apologies, but I will be cheeky and say that, anecdotally, during the two-year journey we had to make changes to the legislation, it became apparent to me that the culture within the industry is not what Mr. Bourke would have experienced in his previous roles. It is lovely to hear him say he is going to try to change that because what was made clear to us is that there is a culture of mistrust between players in the industry. One of the amendments we tried to get accepted was to have the air navigation safety forum put into the charter and into the legislation so it that would be legalised and people would be compelled to come. In that way, Mr. Bourke could not invite me and Senator Horkan to attend and then Senator Horkan could just decide not to come this week. We did not get that one across the line but it is lovely to hear from Mr. Bourke that his intention is to make sure he brings a good culture to the industry, because it does not currently exist. There is an awful lot of mistrust.

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