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. Fintan Towey:
The regional airports also benefited from the wage support measures introduced in response to Covid-19, including the temporary wage subsidy scheme and the employment wage subsidy scheme, which are continuing. The fact some of the operational costs are reimbursed through these schemes means the call upon the Exchequer funding through the regional airports programme is reduced slightly. That may be a contributory factor.