Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The Commission for Aviation Regulation is responsible for the regulation of airport charges at Dublin Airport and I have no function with regard to their determination or application.

Airport charges at Cork and Shannon Airports are set by those airport authorities and again I have no responsibility as to how they are applied. Similarly, airport charges at the six regional airports, which are owned and operated independently, are a matter for each airport concerned.

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