Vol. 449 No. 4
36 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the marketing funding made available to State-owned airports at Cork, Dublin and Shannon in each of the years 1993 to 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3753/95]
Aer Rianta is responsible for the marketing and promotion of Dublin and Cork airports.No Exchequer assistance for marketing or other purposes was made available to these airports in the years in question.
In the case of Shannon airport, a special traffic development task force was established by my Department in June 1993 with a budget of £1 million over the two years 1993 and 1994. Based on the recommendations of the task force, responsibility for the promotion of traffic through Shannon airport was transferred from the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited and Aer Rianta to a new marketing body, Shannon Airport Marketing, with effect from 1 October 1994, with a budget of £2 million for 1995.
Actual Exchequer expenditure incurred in the marketing of Shannon airport under my Department's Vote in the years in question was 1993, £93,000; 1994, £469,000; 1995 (est), £2,000,000.
Exchequer assistance of £1.579 million in 1993 and £1.584 million in 1994 was provided to Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd. under the Votes for the Department of Tourism and Trade for these years, for the promotion of traffic and tourism at Shannon.
