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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: How many were there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What was the top figure? Was it nearly 1,000 or 900?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: No, in the context of security generally, what was the maximum number ever in security?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Yes. How many was it? Was it 900?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The DAA lost 248 to the retirement scheme, the early severance package, or whatever you want to call it, and lost another 60 people who just walked for other reasons. The DAA is down about 300 people and has recruited 300, so it is now more or less back to full strength based on where it had been pre-Covid. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Okay, so they are not available yet. When they become available, will the DAA be back to full strength?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: This is June. Today is 1 June.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: With regard to Covid, at this stage I know two or three people who got Covid in the past three weeks. How much is Covid affecting the DAA staffing levels at this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Of the 37 people who were missing at the weekend, the absence of 17 was some sort of a glitch whereby the DAA thought that they were recognisably certified but they were not. What was the story with the other 20 people?,
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It is not the case that they just did not appear in the morning. Did they ring up in advance and say "I will not make it today" or "I will not be in", or was the DAA looking for them and realised they were not there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: They let the DAA down.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am aware the DAA knew that all of a sudden they were not there, and that they may have rung up an hour or two before their shift. Does the DAA have an on-call facility? I worked in security while I was at university. I would get phone calls at 9.30 in the morning asking if I could start an hour and half ago. If I could, I would turn up and do it. I was not trying to load aircraft but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: When they are not working, they are on downtime and the DAA just does not have the sufficient numbers to have an on-call panel at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am conscious of time and I thank the Chairman for his indulgence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It is very worrying. What will happen if we have another outbreak of Covid or if something else goes wrong or some other thing happens? I am very concerned about the fact that last weekend was nice and dry but if it was not - and other members referred to this - then lots of people could have got very wet. I am thinking in particular of people with young children, older people and people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I read the opening statement, and I appreciate all that, but has the combing concept the DAA spoke about taken off?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I have a last point. I appreciate that, and this is why I did not want to raise-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It is very sensitive. I am interested in the DAA triage concept where a person arriving six hours in advance is not allowed into the queue ahead of other people. The most irritating thing in the world is if the 50 people in front of me have a flight one hour after mine, and I cannot get there because they are all blocking my way. That is the context in which I talk about the combing of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What were the actual passenger numbers departing on the Sunday, which was the problem day?