Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Ms Considine, and my next question is on the fire service at Shannon Airport. I understand overtime is no longer being paid and that the fire service is now at minimum staffing levels. A certain cohort of staff is required to achieve a category seven fire cover status but Shannon and all other Irish airports strive to have category nine status in order that they can cater for Boeing 767s, larger jets, four-engine aircraft and so on which may land. I understand that since overtime has been dropped that is no longer the case. Will Ms Considine explain whether it has dropped back to category seven and what is its category today? On that point, I understand that fire service staff are now cleaning the fire buildings without any training in chemicals etc. Will Ms Considine outline what the current cleaning procedures are for the fire service?