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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is one board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does it provide the income?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is something I question all the time. It is an airport but obviously it has other revenue streams. Does it provide a continual hunger to drive the airport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What did Ms Hynes learn from the formation of the Shannon Group that would have influenced the approach she has taken in the separation of the IAA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are 160 staff in the IAA. How many are in Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many of the AirNav would be in Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am making a case for the mid-west. The IAA is based in Shannon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: AirNav is based in Shannon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The IAA is based in Dublin. Did Ms Hynes ever consider having it come out of Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is a final issue that we will consider as a committee. Has the IAA any oversight to verify if the third party systems within aircraft have the same degree of mapping as on the VFR plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has that always been the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, would the IAA not have looked at the safety management system of the operators of the helicopters, with regard to the Rescue 116 crash?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to bring in Deputy Carey so the Senator needs to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was that in the R116 report? I do not wish Mr. Ó Conghaile to comment on particular matters in the report. Be careful about attributing anything.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will go to Deputy Carey. I am conscious that we have another witness to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the Deputy to provide the secretariat with details of the information he is seeking and that can be forwarded to Mr. Ó Conghaile.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Buttimer wishes to come back in briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Mr. Ó Conghaile will reply as concisely as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Ó Conghaile will appreciate that, as a layperson, it seems that the IAA had maps that clearly showed the island. No one disputes that fact. Obviously, if the mission had been during the day, there would not have been an issue. The incident occurred at night. Four people lost their lives, affecting four families. It is clear that the mapping system in the cockpit on the night did...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: In referencing a lacuna, I do so not in a strict legal sense but in terms of transfer of data that are absolutely 100%. It is clear that did not happen on this occasion. I am assuming that the source document for the maps is the IAA VFR maps. Is that correct?