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

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Philips is in this business and a guarantee should be forthcoming.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How did it happen?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Why does Shannon Airport have these C3 scanners when the DAA does not?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator has a limited amount of time. Will the witnesses deal with his question?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I am on the roster myself so just a couple of things. For the public looking in at the moment Mr. Philips, if they turn up Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday to Dublin Airport to get a flight, what will be the situation? How long will they be queuing outside terminal 1 or terminal 2? How long do you anticipate it will take for them to get through their airline and then from the airline...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Philips expecting people to be queuing outside terminal 1 and terminal 2?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I have looked at the weather forecast. Tomorrow there is rain from 2 p.m. onwards. On Friday there is rain forecast on the airport's early morning flights between midnight and 1 p.m. The rest of the weekend at the moment seems okay. If it is raining outside terminal 1 and terminal 2 what is Mr. Philips going to tell his passengers?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What are the other areas?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: If it is raining will people be out in the rain?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: That is dreadful. Just looking at that on a human level, right-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the DAA to address that. Secondly, I have seen its plan and I have a few quick questions. Where are the 40 people who are extra security staff coming from? What is their make-up?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How many of the 40 are trainees?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Are they some of the 17 who could not come on last weekend?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Of those 40 you said how many are trainees?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: And the other ten?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: My understanding is there are 14 airport police available. Are they being redeployed? They would have the security clearance. Are they being redeployed?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect Mr. Hennessy, "crowd control" is a bit of a poor choice of words because the passengers who came on to me were in terminal 1, which is very low. It was stifling and they did not have access to services. I ask on this occasion that if people are queuing the authority ensures they get access to water. Free water should be handed out. There should be proper sanitary...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to deal with the here and now.