Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2016
1149. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the yearly spend on the subvention for City of Derry Airport Dublin to Derry flights as part of the Government public service obligation funding in the years from 2006 until the Public Service Obligation funding was discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10460/16]
View answerA decision to reduce the number of air routes covered by PSO services, including the Derry-Dublin route, was taken in 2011. This followed on from the recommendations of a Value for Money Review of Exchequer support for the Regional Airports Programme, which took into account a number of factors including the performance of the services and the need to make best use of limited Exchequer resources. Exchequer subvention for PSO air services on the Derry/Dublin* route from 2006 to 2011 is set out in the table:
|
PSO subvention €'000 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
|
Derry/Dublin |
1,387** |
2,416 |
2,376 |
2,390 |
2,589 |
2,467 |
*Note: For the years 2006-2011, the Derry/Dublin PSO route was operated together with the Knock/Dublin PSO route under a single contract. Contractual payments for services provided on both routes for the years in question were: 2006 - €3,979,121 ; 2007 - € 4,176,383 ; 2008 - €3,895,500 ; 2009 - € 4,242,970 ; 2010 - € 4,314,996 ; and 2011 - € 2,477,537. The figures in the above table represent estimates of the proportion of contractual payments applicable to the Derry/Dublin route.
**Contract ended in July 2011.
