Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2234. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided for under the programme for partnership Government on €10 million in additional funding for regional airports; the capital expenditure allocation made for this commitment in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the amount expended for each such year to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34072/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy may be aware, the €10 million extra funding for the regional airports in the Programme for Government, along with other Programme commitments of a capital nature, were part of a mid-term review of the Capital Plan that was carried out last year by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. As a result of that review, my Department secured over €17 million in additional capital funding for the Regional Airports Programme with these additional resources coming into play in the period 2019 to 2021. This is considerably in excess of the €10 million that was originally envisaged in the Programme for Government.
Details of Exchequer support under the Regional Airports Programme, both capital and current, for the regional airports in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 are set out in the following table.
Exchequer funding under Regional Airports Programme (Euro)
|
Airport |
Exchequer funding |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 (to date) |
|
Donegal |
Capital Current TOTAL |
451,312 356,597 807,909 |
0 667,874 667,874 |
326,700 0 326,700 |
|
Knock |
Capital Current TOTAL |
1,965,654 967,765 2,933,419 |
1,330,916 1,868,439 3,199,355 |
2,300,781 0 2,300,781 |
|
Kerry |
Capital Current TOTAL |
310,702 626,855 937,557 |
582,517 1,075,474 1,657,991 |
1,222,519 0 1,222,519 |
|
Waterford |
Capital Current TOTAL |
18,381 1,020,215 1,038,596 |
0 0 0 |
0 375,000 375,000 |
While the figures for 2016 and 2017 represent grant payments made to the airports in each of those years, the figures for Donegal, Kerry and Knock airports in 2018 represent the capital allocations for those airports that I announced on 28 May last. The works covered by those allocations are currently underway and the associated grant payments will be made when these works are completed later in the year.
