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THE OPERATORS OF Dublin Airport have warned travellers that long-term and short-term car parks at the airport are almost full and will be unable to accommodate all visitors this weekend.
Dublin Airport Authority spokesperson Graeme McQueen warned the public that if they need to travel to the airport in the coming days they should use a bus, taxi or have a friend drop them off.
“The car parks are full so the message to anyone who hasn’t got a booking at this stage is that if you are traveling to Dublin Airport, don’t do it by car,” he told RTÉ’s News at One.
McQueen said approximately 100,000 people use the airport every day and that the amount of parking spaces can’t meet this demand.
“There was a privately operated car park here called Quick Park that closed down pre-Covid and has never reopened. That’s about one fifth of the spaces that would normally be available at Dublin Airport.
“That car park is sitting idle at the moment so while that’s not on the market to consumers it’s putting a real squeeze on our own car parks. We’re keen to see that car park be reopened as soon as possible.”
Parking availability will be extremely limited in the upcoming days, with all car parks sold out and expected to be full.
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) May 24, 2023
Kindly consider utilising alternative transportation options.
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McQueen added that the airport’s short term car park was almost full but spaces were set aside for people who are coming to pick travellers.
The airport authority has made an offer to buy the Quick Park site but can’t complete the purchase until it is approved by competition authorities, he continued.
“We would love it to happen in time for summer but it’s looking unlikely at the moment. If we were to get the green light, we could probably get that open in a couple of weeks.”
“But we’re all it’s all dependent on that outcome from the competition authority,” McQueen added.
So use more tax payers money for the government’s incompetency.this article should read. Government spending more money as it could not do its job properly in rhe first instance.
@Jimmy Donovan: You are being generous with the word spending Jimmy. Wasting would be more accurate.
@Jimmy Donovan: having diagnosis means nothing as there is not much help anyway.
Stop trying to plug the private hospitals ppl can’t afford it just fix the state of play with HSE, do yer job and put an end to it!
@Joanne Stokes: there is no improving it, the hse is a bureaucratic and largely inhumane basket case. It needs replacing
@Sean oSuilleabhain: well yea that much is true mate!
As a mother with a 21 year old vulnerable special needs son whom requires 24/7 one on one full time care and is non verbal. The disability services in Ireland is completely broken, no service for anyone that are not willing to go public with their story. I don’t everything tv, newspaper, radio, magazines etc. and nothing is available. My son has a severe choaking disability and without the correct speech and language therapy could choke to death. I receive €224 euros per week and cannot afford to pay privately for services and in Ireland they way these services are provides is shocking. You have some hope of early intervention from birth to 5 years old, from school age it the special needs schools that provide some of the services but are sparce – however, in Ireland when your special needs person reaches 18 years of age there is no guarantee to any disability services or therapy’s from 18 to 65 years. My son lost all of his therapy services when he left his special needs school in 2019, I have being fighting for life saving speech and language since 2019 to no avail, he lost his transportation all taken away for any new service users coming into the adult system from 2019. He had to wait 7 years to see an orthodontist, he has no OT, no respite so he can socialise with his peers and that means that his dad and I have not had one night out by ourselves without our son for over 10 years now. And at the moment we are 11 weeks from becoming homeless as we receive our termination notice on the 2nd of January we are beyond scared.
@silvery moon: I’m so sorry to hear. The massive injustice towards the kids and the parents was a massive reason why I chose to leave working in the sector, I couldn’t stand going into work everyday, knowing parents were looking for answers, for hope and I couldn’t give any. My frustration was beyond belief and I was only an SNA/social care worker. I have always always had admiration for every single parent I have come across, for the endless battle they fight for their children. I really hope that you are able to get some support and a break sometime soon X
Why dont they just fill the 700 jobs long term instead of using the private sectors is way more expensive. Obviously it can be a short term measure but they do not have a great track record for filling positions. Anyway, it’s getting as difficult to get a private appointment these days too! There should be a set period that psychiatrists, psychologists etc. have to serve before they can go into private practice which would hopefully ensure a constant stream of service.
@Lydia McLoughlin: because the money they offer for salaries is too low
@Helen McKernan: but yet they will pay privately and thats not cheap. Its all short term solutions, pay the salaries. However if work-life balance was better I think some would work for a “good and fair salary” but thats a whole other chain to be fixed.
As a doctor, this clown should be ashamed of himself.As a minister of health his job was to sort this mess out but as usual he couldn’t even manage that. Now as Taoiseah he couldn’t care less.
@Gerry Lamont: of course he doesnt – look at how he crept back into the most serious job in the coalition.. hes entitled, devious and very untouchable
#HowIrelandworks
What this government and all the FG FF govs have done to children on waiting lists and seeking services in the public system amounts to crimes against the humans of this country. Its fitting though that Leo and his team condone children with their skeleton pushing out of their back as this is the country where symphisiotomy was normal
It’s all just one big unfunny joke isn’t it?
Does this not just prove Ireland is a broken place. Shameful. Shur we couldn’t fix it so we’ll just throw money at it and throw money at someone else to fix it.
Was told the waiting list for assessment of autism/adhd is over 3 years. They will accept private assessment but won’t tell you which practitioners they will accept – leaving it in the hands of parents/ guardians. So you could spend almost €2000 to get a child privately assessed only to be told that hse, dept of education or dept of social welfare will not accept the assessment. Its crazy!
@Helen McKernan: had a conversation about same with my cousin, a psychologist who gave unending hours of unpaid work to this corrupt hse before being driven to emigrate to the Uk for now. She would remind me and readers here too how many children will age out of the extraordinary wait lists and that is simply completely unacceptable..
@Helen McKernan: not to mention a child’s diagnosis being ‘removed’ ?! Worked in a place where the parents went through all the hoops and then it was decided that the diagnosis was null and void when they enrolled the child in school. Parents lost all their support and services overnight and had to start at zero…. And after 4 more years ended up with the original diagnosis…. An awful rollercoaster I wouldn’t wish on anyone
Good news, however this problem of ASD diagnostic assessments can easily be reduced if we stop relying on a very lengthy costly MDT assessment (clinical psychologist with either OT/SLT) to get the diagnosis in order to gain access to specialist preschools and schools. Why don’t we ask paediatricians to step up to make the diagnosis of ASD as in some countries? Why do we have to wait for a lengthy ADOS, ADI-R and a home/school visit at a whopping €1800-2200?? Why don’t we trust our developmental paediatricians (like in other countries) to make the ASD diagnosis based on DSM5 criteria to at least get access to services or DCA? It’s turned into a money making business at the expense of early identification and early intervention.
@Marinet VanVuren: all you suggests makes sense. That’s why it will not happen here. We do things differently. Not only in this area.
If they go ahead with this idea, already expensive private assessments are about to skyrocket in price.
FG and their policies of paying the private sector extortionate sums to provide services that the government should be providing need to go.
No parent should have to pay for a private needs assessment. No parent should be left waiting until it’s too late for their child to have a needs assessment carried. As someone who was born with a physical disability, it really infuriates me to see what parents of children who need services are being put through. This is one example of what we could use these purported surpluses over the next few years for. However, as history has shown us, it will be p****d up against a wall or given to line the pockets of political cronies. Yet again, squandering the opportunity to improve the lives of those who need it most.
If they had the money how long do families wait to gbe reimbursed.
Nothing more than luck has this man where he is today !
He has shown time and time again that he has no skills to run a country !
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