Taoiseach Micheal Martin has ruled out deploying the army to prevent a repeat of chaotic scenes at Dublin Airport.
Mr Martin was speaking to reporters in Brussels on Monday evening and said it was “unacceptable” that one thousand people had missed their flight over the weekend.
He said: "People should not be treated in that way.
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“There will be daily meetings between the Department of Transport and the DAA. The Government is looking for a very clear plan to ensure that this type of thing doesn't happen again.
“It has to be done now to improve the operational efficiency at Dublin Airport.
"It is unacceptable what has happened, and it is not good enough.”
Earlier on Monday, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said he did not believe calling in the army to help at Dublin Airport was the solution.
But CEO of Ryanair Eddie Wilson said "this is a pure resourcing issue" and he believes "the army is ideal" as part of a temporary solution.
When asked if the army should get involved, the Taoiseach said it was Dublin Airport Authority that needed to resolve the matter.
Speaking ahead of an EU Summit, he said: "As I said, the answer lies within human resource management within the DAA and planning within the organisation also."
Dublin Airport Authority have been ordered to provide solutions to the Government within 24 hours to ensure the chaos witnessed at the weekend does not happen again.
Speaking following a meeting with management at the airport, Minister Ryan said: “It was totally unacceptable, you can’t have 1,000 people missing flights, you can’t have thousands of people outside, queuing outside the terminal building.
“They [DAA] acknowledged that, they accepted it was a terrible failing and we have to address it, and they have to address it.
“It’s an operational issue for the airport, it's a complex issue very suddenly, a very large increase in demand for people flying but at the same time real difficulty getting skilled workers, particularly in the scanning, screening area in place.
“But we said to them they have to deliver it, and to come back to us with solutions and options so what happened yesterday doesn’t happen again.”
Minister Ryan said management at the airport said there was a shortage of key staff and have been asked to outline how the chaotic situation came about.
He said: “Whatever the reason, a combination of reasons, increase of demand, shortage of key staff at an important time..they have to make sure they’re able to manage the people going through the airport.
“They must know and they do know the reputational damage to the airport and to the country is very real and that can’t be added to by them not providing what they say they will, which is proper compensation for people who have lost flights.”
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