John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Tourism Ireland strongly promotes Shannon Airport as an access point. It has highlighted the issues raised by the Deputy. A large amount has been given to Tourism Ireland to ensure airports outside Dublin are part of the overall strategy, plan and agenda. I spoke to the Minister about funding for regional airports yesterday. When we get the details of the budget, we will see that substantial funding of €10 million is being made available to airports over three years.

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