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

Kieran O'Donnell: My question is with the 40 additional staff on, on average how long does the DAA think people will be waiting to get through from the time they turn up at the terminal to boarding their flight?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: That means someone who is short-haul, if the DAA is telling him or her to turn up two and a half hours beforehand, it believes it can get him or her through in an hour.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Philips, we are in the role and we have to ask. In the media there are reports you flew to Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Is that correct? How long did you queue? Obviously you are a businessperson - they were waiting four hours and they still missed their flight, on a human level on Saturday night, to go over and meet their family. Did you fly to Saudi Arabia on Saturday night?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: For the ordinary person, how long did you have to queue to get your flight from Dublin Airport?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: For how long was Mr. Philips queuing?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Philips was queuing for an hour but this older couple were queuing for four. Is that fair?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Surely Mr. Philips knew before he took the flight. At what time was the flight to Saudi Arabia?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Surely Mr. Philips knew at that point about the chaos in Dublin Airport. Would he not have decided not to travel?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I am just putting it in context. Mr. Philips has set out the schedule for the plan. I see Thursday to Monday, with a first wave, second wave, third wave and fourth wave for each day. For departing "PAX", I see figures of 15, 12, 11, and eight. Is that 15 in total between T1 and T2? What is the breakdown in those peak periods? Is it half and half?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How many would typically be in T1? We should have been provided with a breakdown between T1 and T2. How many of the 15 will be in T1 and how many will be in T2?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Nine and four.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: For the first wave on Friday, there will be 16.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Nine and seven.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the breakdown between T1 and T2 of the first wave on Saturday?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: There is a figure of 15 for the first wave on Saturday.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. I am sorry.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: There is a figure of 16 for the first wave on Monday.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: There is serious congestion in T1. There will be nine during the first wave on Friday, ten during the first wave on Saturday, nine during the first wave on Sunday and ten during the first wave on Monday. Is that sufficient? What I am hearing is that, if there are 12 lanes open, people are probably looking at an hour of a wait. Over the weekend, there were six open in each terminal at peak...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The airport is only increasing from six or seven to nine in T1 and dropping-----