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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Steven Matthews. The purpose of the meeting today is for the committee to discuss security, recruitment and training at Dublin Airport, and the recently announced 15-point plan for the summer period. I am very pleased to welcome, on behalf of the committee, Mr. Kenny Jacobs, CEO of the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA; and Mr. Graeme McQueen, media...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Jacobs for a very comprehensive 26-minute presentation. It covered a lot of issues and I am sure we will have plenty of questions. I have to go to a vote so I will ask someone to take over the Chair. Deputy Lowry has the first slot and he has ten minutes with a further two to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is that everything, Senator Doherty?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Subject to the limits, which I do not think are 4 l, but maybe they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: You better not advertise that, just in case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I happened to be in the airport last Thursday. I did not let anyone know I was coming or anything and I was through security in three minutes. I was more than pleased to be able to not have a bad experience in advance of this meeting and to have a very positive experience. It is, I think, becoming more than the norm than the exception to get those kinds of times. That is very good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is my slot next, and then we will bring in Deputy Crowe or Deputy O'Reilly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Yes. We will bring you in. The convention is that we bring in the actual members first and then we bring in-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The subs will still come in ahead of non-members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Deputy O'Rourke did join us earlier. I just wanted to make that point about the three-minute security clearance. I did touch on the baggage handling when I met the witnesses initially. We had an awful lot of issues with that. I know it is not a DAA service, but at the same time it is the passenger experience. Everything that happens, whether it is a bad burger, a good burger, a good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I think my time was 38 minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It was perfectly fine and I did not mind. I was just a little surprised. I have not taken that many flights post Covid and on most flights I do not bring a check-in bag, so I was interested to see what the experience is. I think people would like to hear what the experience is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Whereas the free bag with Aer Lingus is now the check-in bag.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: On that issue Canada has, I have never heard of an issue in Dublin Airport with the bag not making it to the plane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That it is working so well is probably why we do not know about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That it is not an issue Mr. Jacobs has.