Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport when Government funding will be put in place for the full implementation of the €53 million mid-west tourism and economic development plan. [24421/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is currently finalising an Economic and Tourism Development Plan for the Shannon Airport catchment area. The Plan has been prepared in consultation with the Department of Finance, the Department of Arts, Sport & Tourism, the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

The purpose of the plan is to ensure that the region is well placed to respond to the challenges and opportunities emerging in the context of full liberalisation of the transatlantic aviation market and the phasing out of the Shannon Stop asenvisaged under the EU-US Open Skies Agreement.