Dublin Airport Authority is to create more than 500 jobs at Terminal Two in Dublin Airport.
In April, the DAA announced that at least 400 retail jobs will be created when T2 opens in November.
These new jobs will bring the total full-time equivalent jobs to 900.
The 500 new staff will be responsible for all passenger services and facilities management at T2.
The new employees will be involved in jobs such as security, cleaning, customer service, and passenger processing.
T2's main construction phase is now effectively complete and the DAA has started to commission and test the new facility.
The DAA is also seeking volunteers for its full-scale trials later in the summer.
The 900 jobs are full-time equivalents, but given the nature of Airport operations the total employed will be well over 1,000 as the jobs will be a mixture of full and part-time positions.
Elsewhere, the DAA Chief Executive has been criticised for receiving a bonus payment of €51,000 last year, despite the authority making a €13m loss.
Under sustained questioning from Independent Senator Shane Ross at an Oireachtas Committee hearing today, Declan Collier said he got the bonus for achieving objectives set by the company's remuneration committee.
Mr Collier said the bonus was not entirely related to the financial performance of the company.
Mr Collier also said that the new staff recruited for T2 will be on different terms and conditions than those who are currently working in Terminal One.
He was responding to Labour's Tommy Broughan, who asked if it was true the new staff going into T2 would be on significantly less pay than existing staff in the airport.
Mr Collier said that the terms had been agreed with staff and their representatives.
The Labour TD also criticised the amount Mr Collier is paid.
Mr Collier replied that his pay had been reduced by 26% in the last two years.
