Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

We have conducted a value for money review of the regional airports. We took all their values and otherwise into account and recommendations, which have yet to be considered by the Government, were made on foot of that. I assure both Deputies that all aspects of the value of such airports and what they mean to local areas were fully analysed, as they were in the provision of greatly enhanced infrastructure such as road and rail to various parts of the country. The recommendations are based on a thorough review of all that.

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