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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Jacobs very much. He had five minutes and took half an hour. Hopefully, many of the points we might otherwise have raised as questions have been covered. I will give everyone seven minutes with a one minute wrap-up and we might get a second round of questions. We must finish by 3.30 p.m. so I ask members not to be repetitive and keep the discussion moving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I will touch more on the operational side because we have quite a few local TDs who will touch on the runway, noise and so forth. Regarding the Aer Lingus strike, it will be its passengers who suffer, but with respect to how the airport handles a strike, there will be a lot of planes on the ground that would not normally be there clogging up the place and there will be a backlog the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: The following day Aer Lingus will be trying to clear backlogs. How does that affect DAA's operations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I happened to be on two reasonably late night flights not long ago. I understand there has to be a wind down, but there were big signs up saying duty free flight and then the duty free zone was shut. The bar started to close. It was great for time spent at security. I flew through it. Is there a way to keep anything, such as the shops, open a little longer for those who are using the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I am not suggesting that everything should be open until midnight, but perhaps there could be a basic offering, especially when there are signs up about a duty free flight. Passengers discover that unless they turn up four hours early, they will not get the duty free products.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: The DAA should consider it. Similarly, one of my brothers was away and his flight was slightly delayed. It came in at 12.25 a.m. He had to check in bags. The flight was 20 minutes late and the Aircoaches were gone. We are trying to get people to use buses. I am not saying they need to run 24 hours but could there be a facility that if the planes are delayed on particular nights, an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Do not get me wrong; it is a good service. It will be extended to Cherrywood from next week or the following week. It is a positive service. It is much busier than it was when I started to use it a long time ago. We need to make sure the facilities are there when the airport is open.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Effectively, the last bus is at 1.25 a.m., which probably makes sense some days, but particularly in summertime when flights are arriving a little later-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: It will only get you that far though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Again, when people have paid for their service, they should at least be able to avail it. When flights are delayed, they should be able to provide an extra route, time slot or whatever. The Cork Airport survey came out very well. Does DAA do the same survey for Dublin Airport? It is 94% or 95% in Cork. What is the figure for Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Dublin Airport is on about 85% and Cork Airport is on about 94%, so there is a little bit of catching up to do, but no pressure between the two. Regarding the 100 ml limit, when we get C3 scanners everywhere, will that limit go or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: That is October 2025.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: People can then start bringing 250 ml or whatever they want through in their hand luggage and there will be no issue with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Good. I wish to touch briefly on the flight path. The witnesses said they devolve the responsibility for the flight paths to AirNav and the IAA. Is it the responsibility of DAA or of AirNav? The plane takes off the runway. The runway is the DAA’s. The plane takes off and the aircraft is now in the air. Is it still the DAA’s aircraft? Is it AirNav’s aircraft? Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: These flight paths are flying over areas that were never intended to be flown over. Why is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: So why do we keep getting piles of emails telling us people who never expected to be flown over are being flown over?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Finally, the witnesses may have heard that Michael O’Leary was kind of saying last week that they can open carparks or fields, they can put down a bit of gravel and they can do anything they like because those are temporary. Regarding car parking, can the witnesses give us an idea of how bad or tight it may be? Clearly, it is not as expensive as people may think - or people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: What was that percentage two years ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for that. I could go on, but I will not. I will give time to other people.