Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2015
231. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital expenditure and of operational expenditure support he paid or allocated to regional airports during the past five years and in 2015 to date, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/15]
View answerDetails of Capex and Opex funding support provided by my Department to the regional airports for the years 2011-2014 are given in the following tables. Final figures for 2015 will not be available until after year end. However, I anticipate that, in total, Capex funding for the four regional airports at Knock, Kerry, Donegal and Waterford will amount to approximately €2.15m this year while Opex will amount to €2.27m approximately. As the Deputy will be aware, funding support this year will include Capex and Opex supports for non-economic safety and security related activities under the Public Policy Remit aspects of our new Regional Airports Programme 2015-2019. In addition to these supports, the annual cost of supporting the PSO air services on the Kerry/Dublin and Donegal/Dublin routes is approximately €7.6m. This subvention is paid directly to the air carrier, Stobart Air.
|
CAPEX (Capital Grants) |
2014 - €,000 |
2013 - €,000 |
2012 - €,000 |
2011 - €,000 |
|
Donegal |
432 |
339 |
0 |
2,111 |
|
Galway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
222 |
|
Kerry |
133 |
741 |
1,634 |
399 |
|
Knock |
1,925 |
2,013 |
699 |
233 |
|
Sligo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
238 |
|
Waterford |
533 |
362 |
1,334 |
796 |
|
Total |
3,023 |
3,455 |
3,667 |
3,999 |
|
OPEX (Operational Expenditure Support) |
2014 - €,000 |
2013 - €,000 |
2012 - €,000 |
2011 - €,000 |
|
Donegal |
0 |
0 |
111 |
42 |
|
Galway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,309 |
|
Kerry |
507 |
437 |
550 |
950 |
|
Knock |
549 |
654 |
590 |
432 |
|
Sligo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
387 |
|
Waterford |
1,038 |
1,121 |
1,233 |
1272 |
|
Total |
2,094 |
2,212 |
2,484 |
5,392 |
