Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Minister. The next issue is another outlying issue. We are hearing that there is going to be a lift of the Dublin airport cap at some point. With that come other pressures on the other airports of Ireland. A particular concern is that the regional airports programme, with which the Minister will be familiar from his previous Ministry, has not yet been resolved. We do not know yet where it is at. I do not believe it can be factored into budget 2026. The ask of airports that may not be included in budget 2026 is that the environmental funds announced a couple of years ago would be rolled over on budget day to give them some funding flow. They have to host the Ryder Cup and the Irish Open in the mid-west. They are going to see the funding stream for airports like Shannon.