Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her update. There is no doubt that Herculean efforts have been made to ensure that passengers can transit through without missing their flights, but what is happening is having an impact. I would like the Minister of State to engage with Dublin Airport on a number of issues.

Regarding the special assistance and reduced mobility service the DAA provides, I have heard reports of people with reduced mobility being left on planes for extended periods of time as they are unable to get staff to assist them. From talking to workers I get the sense that the staff who usually do that work are stretched across other services. I ask the Minister of State to raise the matter with the DAA.

I have spoken extensively about the workers' experience, which is one of diminishing confidence in the DAA and declining job satisfaction. I would like the Minister of State to engage regarding the pay rates of the outsourced staff have been brought in, who are known within the airport as the purple vesters. Are these staff on higher rates of pay than the new security staff who have been brought in in recent months?

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