DUBLIN AIRPORT AUTHORITY has said it will take around two months to address security issues that have arisen at Dublin Airport as a result of a recent European Commission audit.
DAA said this morning that extra security screenings will be imposed on planes leaving Dublin airport and arriving at other European Union airports following the European Commission audit which uncovered two specific security issues.
DAA said in a statement today: “This outstanding matter does not relate to the screening of passengers or their luggage at Dublin Airport and will not affect passenger security screening at the airport.”
Another measure will see passengers from Dublin Airport who are transferring to another EU airport while en-route to their final destination undergoing additional screening at the airport.
Neither the DAA nor the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar would comment on the issues that arose, citing “security reasons”. The two issues do not relate to Cork or Shannon airports which are unaffected.
Varadkar told Newstalk Breakfast: “It is a serious matter, even though the two issues are relatively minor in their own right, security at airports has to be 100 per cent, it can’t just be 99 per cent.
“I’ve already been out to the airport, I’ve met my officials, we’re going to get this resolved as soon as possible.”
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