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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is there anyone who can give DAA anything it needs?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Or anybody who can fill that position.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it. There is no short-term fix.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. A number of people have already stated that we are paying for the sins of the past because of the 1,000 people who were let go. Mr. Philips will make whatever arguments he will in that regard but that is what it is at this point in time. This plan is basically putting everybody DAA possibly can in play for the next period and ensuring training will happen for those who need...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is there any way of speeding that up? Beyond that, I was told there is a difficulty as the training department was impacted by people being let go before. Is that correct?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: DAA has made up for that. As anyone who has travelled will know, this is an issue across Europe. For people who were travelling with Aer Lingus and needed to do a bag drop over the last while, outside the Saturday or Sunday, they went in and dropped the bag and disappeared through the security checks. If they were travelling with Lufthansa or another airline, they had to wait until two...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. However, is it also a matter of people deciding they can get away with fewer people at check-ins and bag drops? Do they think they have enough there or are they attempting to recruit more people?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is something that needs to happen as soon as possible. It is a pity it did not happen last week. Do we have enough people for the triage process? The first thing everybody watching the scenes on Sunday would have thought about was the person who had checked in and was carrying a bag on but was stuck outside behind the people who needed to swing right to the bag drop but could not....

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: At the end of the day, we cannot allow for every situation. DAA knows what it is facing. Is Mr. Philips fairly sure this situation will not arise again? Will there be a significant number of eyes on it, so we know if there is a need for a ramp-up?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I might come in there. I thought Mr. Philips said earlier that State services were not able to provide the DAA with what it needed and that, therefore, using the Army was not in question. That seems to differ from what he has just stated.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could that be fast-tracked?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could divestment be fast-tracked? I asked earlier whether there were any means by which we could speed up the training process.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Ms Bannon not name the nine airlines?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: People should just check the website and make communications themselves.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The other issue, which I know cannot be dealt with before the weekend, is looking at technological fixes, such as the X-ray machines that mean people do not have to take out their laptops. There are drop-off facilities but they are sometimes restricted to Aer Lingus passengers, for example, and the same applies when one is flying back. Is there any conversation across Europe on fixing that...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would be helpful if we could get that in written format.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That would be useful. It all seems to come down to capacity. The witnesses say they are right at the edge, which brings me back to asking whether there is anything else that can be done by the State. If we are talking about bringing people in who can do some of the checking, I understand the DAA has access to the resources at Cork Airport but not necessarily to the resources of the other...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am sorry I gave time to Senator Dooley because it is very difficult to follow that. We all have been here previously for previous iterations and there is no need to go through what we all believe regarding the post office network, the vital work that is done by the network and by postmasters in particular and the part that plays in rural Ireland. Post offices also provide major services...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to deal with an issue that was raised earlier. European flights are generally two and a half hours, plus an extra hour for drop-off. Longer-haul flights are three and half hours, with an extra hour to check-in. Such flights generally involve Ryanair and Aer Lingus. There is obviously an issue with drop-off for people travelling on other airlines. We know the issues. Can the...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has been much talk about using the regional airports and ensuring there is a rebalancing. However, I get the point that the competition goes to Vienna, London or wherever else. Change in this regard will require State aviation policy and there is no point in going down that road today. The witnesses have made a promise today and we hope they can follow through on that because people...