Dublin Airport Authority
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-14
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I appreciate that the body charged with running the airport is the ultimate authority. Unfortunately, it did not seem to plan for what was happening and what everybody knew what is happening. The effect of Covid was that certain payments were made that were to be made to many employers throughout the country. A generous subsidy was invoked. However, it would appear that the airport authority seems to think it has got away with what occurred and walked clear and that it was able to explain it away. I would not advise a repetition of the performance, because it was not good enough. It would not reflect well on the country's ability to run a major company, particularly a very busy airport.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-14