Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will purchase the four Heathrow slots which are on offer from the former GB airlines and give them to the Shannon Airport Authority for their permanent use to ensure connectivity between the mid west and the rest of the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27404/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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It is not open to the State to acquire slots at Heathrow airport as the applicable rules only allow for slots to be assigned to airlines. The provision of funding to any airline to fund the acquisition of slots would be constrained by the State aid rules.