Joint Committee on Transport and Communications to discuss recent delays by passengers at Dublin Airport with DAA

The meeting will take place at 1:30pm in Committee Room 2 of Leinster House. 

At the meeting, the Committee will hear from Mr Dalton Philips, CEO of DAA and his senior Management team.

Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Kieran O’Donnell said: “What passengers travelling through Dublin Airport over the weekend had to endure was wholly unacceptable and must not happen again.

"We need to see solutions from the DAA as to precisely how they are going to ensure that this is not repeated next weekend, during the June bank holiday. Furthermore, the DAA will have to outline how they will deal with compensating all those passengers who missed their flights over the weekend.

“Dublin Airport management have been recruiting additional security checkers for the past eight months since October and the current passenger security checking delays situation have been ongoing since March. We need to know from the DAA how many additional security checkers have been recruited for Dublin Airport and how many of these are now working on the ground.”

The meeting in Committee Room 2 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV

The Joint Committee on Transport and Communications has 14 Members, nine from the Dáil and five from the Seanad.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.