Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

That is the Senator's interpretation. We have a different interpretation. We are interpreting and managing to the cap. Our view on the planning condition is that it relates to surface access. Transfer passengers, therefore, should only be counted once. Every passenger was counted but what we did was to exclude the double counting of transfer passengers. We think that is the right thing to do. It allows me to answer the question as to where the traffic will be. There are still six weeks left in the year but we are, and will be, fully compliant. The final figure will be 32 million passengers or slightly fewer. Let us wait and see. Transfer passengers are all counted but should only be counted once because they do not leave the terminal. They come in from somewhere else and transfer.

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