The fact that the terminal cost a fortune to build is at this point irrelevant
I'm afraid it is not one bit irrelevant. It is necessary to keep these sad facts constantly in the public eye. It must never be forgotten what a wasteful setup the DAA has been over many years so that they can never again be let run amok building monuments they (and we) cannot afford and not just at Dublin. Luckily, the recession put paid to more of their crazy grandiose plans but even so they leave behind nothing but debt, more debt and huge debt. And now some lunatic quango hands out useless awards to them for the privilege.
I was very hopeful that the new Government would, at long last, do something on the lines of what is happening (and will happen) in the UK. As it turns out, the current Minister responsible appears to be nothing more than a clone of those installed by the previous FF Governments and, in all interviews I have seen and heard, displays a similar arrogance. Same old.