Batt O'Keeffe
Question:193 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the amount of grant aid given to all regional airports over the past three years. [2981/95]
Written Answers - Grant Aid for Regional Airports.
The information sought by the Deputy is given in the following tabular statement:
|
Airport |
Grant Aid |
|
£000 |
|
|
Carrickfin |
1,717 |
|
Connaught |
400 |
|
Galway |
226 |
|
Kerry |
6,055 |
|
Sligo |
361 |
|
Waterford |
1,298 |
Grant assistance — European Regional Development Fund — was given to the airports under the Operational Programme on Peripherality 1989-1993, for infrastructural improvements at airports. Because of the precarious financial position of these airports as a result of traffic downturn, the grant aid also includes assistance granted by the Exchequer in 1993 on a once-off basis for the marketing of the airports.