DAA casts eye over Dublin ‘people-monitoring solution’

BIG Brother is watching and, in some cases, counting. DAA, which owns and manages both Dublin and Cork airport, has issued a market engagement questionnaire seeking information on reliable and accurate people-counting solutions.

The State-owned airport operator is hoping to use people-counting technology within Dublin Airport in order to understand high usage areas where it can focus its attention. It also wants to use the technology to improve its understanding of the passenger flow around some areas of the airport, making its assets more “efficient”.

The questionnaire, which is being used to identify the capabilities of the market, stated that the solution must accurately show the volume of passengers entering and exiting walkways, be easy to install, and GDPR-compliant.

It must also work continuously and provide real-time reporting of all passenger flows through Dublin Airport terminals.

DAA may run a competitive procurement process for the ‘people-monitoring solution’, should the market survey generate the right response. Responses to the questionnaire must be submitted before midday on January 27.

GREENCORE CEO Patrick Coveney can look forward to facing shareholders at the sandwich company’s AGM later this month in the knowledge that proxy advisers ISS have said his pension contributions “are out of step with the market’s direction of travel”.

His remuneration package last year came to €2.35m and ISS said the fixed pay was an ongoing concern. Coveney’s pay has come into focus before and in 2017, 40pc of Greencore shareholders voted to reject a new pay deal for top executives, including the CEO.

There are other challenges for the firm, following its retreat from the US. A recent note from Davy spoke about its “stellar” 2019 but pointed out that “the incidence of slowing growth has become more commonplace” at the company, and it will need to move into higher value added areas such as sushi and hot food.