Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard
9:30 am
Mr. Ken Spratt:
Covid-related payments to Knock airport came to €1.931 million in 2020. There were also Covid-related payments to other regional airports.
For example, Knock got €1.931 million, Cork got €1.4 million, Shannon got €920,000 and Kerry got €913,000. That was under the Covid supplementary supports schemes. Covid-19 funding was made available to regional airports during 2020, which is the year of the appropriation account being examined.