Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Are the curtilages of the airports too large? There is a revenue stream from car parks and so on and, when a large programme has to be undertaken, state aid rules and the like apply. Shannon Airport had to play a role in the river's flood defences, which was costly. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has been helping in upgrading the roads to the airport. Is there a way of reducing the airports' curtilages – their footprints – so that state aid rules can be targeted more at aviation while state headings are used to fund and support the infrastructure up to the airports' front doors? Is that an option as we revise aviation policy?