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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 Feb 1988

Vol. 377 No. 3

Written Answers. - Connaught Regional Airport Grant Payments.

52.

asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport the total amount of grants paid in respect of Knock Airport, County Mayo; and, in respect of each grant (a) the date of sanction and (b) the date of payment.

As I indicated in a reply to a similar parliamentary question on 15 December 1987, Exchequer capital grants amounting to £9.858 million have been made available to the Connaught Regional Airport Development Company Limited for the development of Connaught Regional Airport.

Details of annual payments made to the company are as follows: 1981, £2,249,982.00; 1982, £4,334,753.44; 1983, £2,679,748.22; 1984, £564,299.44; 1985, £29,220.47. These payments were made under Department of Finance sanctions dated August 1981, January 1982, December 1982, December 1983 and December 1985.

The details of Exchequer payments to the company outlined above are provided on an annual basis as the cost of providing specific details in relation to the date of each individual payment made during this period would be prohibitive.

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