Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make available the €53 million to implement the recommendations of the Shannon International Airport in Open Skies Mid West Tourism and Economic Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has prepared 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 and will be finalised in the context of the forthcoming Budget. 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 as envisaged under the EU-US Open Skies Agreement.