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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.

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?