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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that. It is about finding a way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Kieran Mulvey has been in. What are the challenges to get to a point where there will be a sustainable separation for both the IAA and AerNav? What are the challenges?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am going back to Ms Hynes's time as chair of the Shannon Group. She was there from the start. It brought together Shannon Airport and the old Shannon Development and they were combined. Some of the lands within Shannon Development went to IDA Ireland. Some went to Tourism Ireland for its functions. Is there any way at all that the remit of CAR conflicts in any way with that part of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have made my views on Shannon Airport as an airport known publicly. Essentially, a property vehicle was put in with it to make it sustainable. Did doing that in any way take focus off the core activity of the airport? Is there anything in the forthcoming restructuring that could in any way-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why does Ms Hynes think CAR should be put in the IAA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I know this is straying slightly off-topic. Ms Hynes was brought in for her expertise on the assimilation of organisations. Did independence work for Shannon Airport? Did the construct work? Is there any way in which transporting such a big property portfolio into an airport took focus off the airport side of operations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is one board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does it provide the income?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is something I question all the time. It is an airport but obviously it has other revenue streams. Does it provide a continual hunger to drive the airport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What did Ms Hynes learn from the formation of the Shannon Group that would have influenced the approach she has taken in the separation of the IAA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are 160 staff in the IAA. How many are in Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many of the AirNav would be in Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am making a case for the mid-west. The IAA is based in Shannon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: AirNav is based in Shannon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The IAA is based in Dublin. Did Ms Hynes ever consider having it come out of Shannon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is a final issue that we will consider as a committee. Has the IAA any oversight to verify if the third party systems within aircraft have the same degree of mapping as on the VFR plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has that always been the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, would the IAA not have looked at the safety management system of the operators of the helicopters, with regard to the Rescue 116 crash?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to bring in Deputy Carey so the Senator needs to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was that in the R116 report? I do not wish Mr. Ó Conghaile to comment on particular matters in the report. Be careful about attributing anything.