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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We asked and got that answer earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Has the DAA, at any point in the past number of weeks, quantified what the compensation will be? Its representatives have been on the airways again today and said positive things about what is a very negative scenario, namely, that it will cover everything. What is the cost of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a State airport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Does Mr. Philips envisage the dividend the DAA pays to State and taxpayer every year will not be paid this year? Is that unlikely to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What did the DAA cumulatively received by way of EWSS support during Covid protect people and keep them in work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. Was there any paygrade within the airport organisation above which nobody was laid off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What about corporate services, the executive-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The restart timing has caught the airport out because airlines in other airports were ahead. That has been accepted here today. What has got the airport to this point is how business was restarted. The new jobs in the airport have been advertised, with a closing date of Monday evening for people to apply. I note the airport is competing against 51 other employers looking for security...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I want to conclude by thanking all of the witnesses. Did those on the management body of the airport receive any bonuses during the period while some staff were leaving?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their time. The questions might have been rough, and they needed to be, because that is what the public demands. We hope that this issue is now be behind us and the coming weekends are far more positive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State and Ms O'Hora for being here this evening. I was down home in Clare last night and met a group of postmasters. It was the latest in a sequence of meetings I have had. There was the IPU and Mr. Tom O'Callaghan of the Independent Postmasters Group and I was just getting a gauge from the small and the large postmasters on what they are facing and the challenges,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Normally, people do not squabble over whether funding is €10 million or €12 million. I welcome the funding, it is historic and shows that the Government has stepped up to the plate. One can juxtapose that with everything that was said here on 18 May by Mr. Ned O'Hara, and Mr. Sean Martin who said "Anything less, even €11 million, would probably put 100 post offices at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I take everything that the Minister of State has said at face value. Is it conceivable that some post offices, including the largest one in the country on O'Connell Street, will get none of this funding while others will get plenty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I ran an average over the package. So I divided €10 million by 900 and came up with €11,111. Such a sum is insulting to post offices, leaving aside the GPO even on its worst day. The Minister of State has said that there must be a scheme but post offices have closed in County Clare such as Broadford post office. The post office in Lisdoonvarna closed but, thankfully, it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a question about the disbursal of funding. The Minister of State has answered my query to a degree when she responded to Deputy O'Rourke. Postmasters have asked whether the funding will be tax free. Will the funding be an overhead fund to cover the costs that they face? Will it reflect the fact that some post offices struggle more than others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Will it be tax free?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I apologise to Ms O'Hora for not asking her questions but thank her for everything that she has done and is doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The funding is good but it alone will not be enough. Last July, or 11 months ago, we believed that we were going to hear about the offline strategy and we need it now. There are really smart ideas coming from guys like Mr. Tom O'Callaghan in County Clare in regard to the introduction of something like Kiwi Bank and Sparkassen. The ideas have been fed to the Minister of State's Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I would appreciate if the Minister of State could light a match under some of the Departments. She has used the analogy of a silver bullet and I believe that the S52 contract is the poison arrow in the side of the post office network because, as all of the postmasters will state, it is slowly ensuring that 300 post offices will eventually close, unless there is a sustainable model for them....