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

Gerry Horkan: What is the maximum number that is anticipated from what the airlines have told the DAA? If every airline took off with full aeroplanes, what is the maximum number of people who would ever go to Dublin Airport this summer? If the DAA knows how many aircraft are going to be departing, if it knows the capacity of each aircraft, and if they were all 100% full, what is the number?

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

Gerry Horkan: So, we were about 9,000 short of that figure last weekend. The DAA must build up not just the capacity to manage the 50,000 it could not manage but to manage another 9,000 people. How confident is the DAA that it will be able to do that by the time it gets to the 59,000 passengers?

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

Gerry Horkan: The waves.

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

Gerry Horkan: That day of 59,000 people, what day is that? On what day does the DAA anticipate 59,000 passengers? Is it 7 July or 15 August. What day are the 59,000 anticipated?

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

Gerry Horkan: I wish to conclude as the Chairman is in my ear. I thank the witnesses for their forbearance. I wish them all the very best, as one of the few Dublin members of this committee. It is not just in my interest, but it is in everybody's interest right across the country that Dublin Airport thrives and does well. On behalf of everybody, the DAA has my support. If there are issues, and if the...

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

Gerry Horkan: The purpose of today's meeting is for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications to continue its consideration of the future of the An Post network. We recently had a productive meeting on this matter with The Irish Postmasters' Union, and we are expecting An Post to meet the committee on 15 of June to continue our consideration. Today I am very pleased to welcome, on...

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

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement and welcome news. Will she please explain how the €10 million will be used as I am not sure she explained that in her opening statement? Why was the figure of €10 million chosen rather than, say, €8 million or €15 million? These were figures based on information we received from An Post working with the...

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

Gerry Horkan: My apologies for interrupting but at the same time, I presume An Post knows how much every single post office earns through the An Post network, because it is paying the postmasters. It knows from its own database that there is a post office at the bottom of the list which earns very little and one at the top of the list which earns a great deal. It has a full range of data and presumably...

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

Gerry Horkan: They also have equally different revenue bases.

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

Gerry Horkan: This is not the revenue of €10 million but is a subsidy or Government support of €10 million.

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

Gerry Horkan: Will each post office know how much of the €10 million they would be entitled to?

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

Gerry Horkan: It is possible that there is quite a number of those post offices with the least amount of transaction-based revenue that will get the most of this funding and that some at the higher end of transaction-based revenue will not get any of this €10 million. Would that be a fair comment?

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

Gerry Horkan: Everyone will get something.

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

Gerry Horkan: That makes total sense. I agree.

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

Gerry Horkan: It is an element, therefore, of having a public service obligation, PSO-type levy. I probably should not even mention aviation after the last three hours of discussion we just had, but routes are subsidised to places like Donegal. We are not subsidising routes to London or Brussels but we have PSO-type passenger services because they are needed and would not be commercially viable otherwise.

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

Gerry Horkan: This is similar to how we are funding broadband which I know is also part of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. To touch on the wider network of An Post, where does the Minister of State, An Post or the Department see the network in three, five or ten years' time? I expect and anticipate that with broadband and as more of the population becomes digitally...

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

Gerry Horkan: It is very fair to say the An Post brand is a very trusted one which I cannot overstate, similar to the way the Minister of State cannot overstate the value she places on her Department officials. The An Post brand is far more trusted than many of the pillar or other bank identities are. There is an element of doubt about the banks but everybody trusts the An Post network even if it is...

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

Gerry Horkan: The subsidy or grant option for those in need of it most is a great idea. Ideally, it is all the better where it can be commercially viable without the need for subsidies. The message that needs to go from this committee to all our friends and to all the people who value the service is very much a case of use it or lose it. They need to give people the business. We had a ferry service in...

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

Gerry Horkan: I worry when the Minister of State mentions, for example, motor tax. I do not know what the percentage is but I presume that the percentage of people doing that online at this stage is very high. We all remember the old days of having to go in, queue up, and bring this, that, and the other document. Now one can do this with a series of clicks and it arrives two days later. Over time that...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 187 is out of order due to a potential charge on the Revenue.