The capital expenditure grant scheme for the regional airports which was launched earlier this year involves a planning and implementation framework extending to 2010 and a budget of 65 million Euro out of the total of 100 million Euro for which Transport 21 provides up to 2015.
At my Department's request, all of the regional airports have submitted proposals for funding under the new scheme involving a total estimated cost of almost 194 million Euro. This is broken down per airport as follows:
County
|
€m
|
Sligo
|
10.24
|
Galway
|
88.79
|
Kerry
|
22.46
|
Donegal
|
5.65
|
Knock
|
45.90
|
Waterford
|
20.70
|
The grant applications are being assessed and prioritized by my Department with the assistance of expert advice and I expect to be in a position to announce each airport's allocation under the scheme before the end of November.