Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In March, we realised there was a problem and we engaged directly with the airport, which also recognised there was a problem. There was a particular problem coming into the Easter period. We engaged with the company, the European Commission and others to try to make sure that the security arrangements in the airport would allow us to get those passengers through. We got passengers through. It was not an ideal situation. No one wants to queue for an hour, let alone any longer, but people did not miss their flights. It was managed up to last Sunday. No one can excuse what happened last Sunday because that was intolerable. However, to describe the period from March to then as inactive is not true. Yes, it was slow and not as many people got through the training programme as quickly as had been expected. The airport was the first to admit that in the committee hearings yesterday, but there was no inactivity from anyone. No one was shirking the responsibility.

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