Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 31 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised)
2:55 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
On the regional airports, for clarity, Shannon is no longer eligible for subsidies.
The regional airport budget is in three parts. There is the PSO, which is the subsidised flights to Kerry and Donegal. Those are up for review this year as to whether they remain necessary.
There is also operational expenditure, OPEX, which covers the losses where a regional airport makes losses. The losses in Knock were small this year because it had a good year and its passenger numbers increased.
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