Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26850/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Under this scheme which was introduced in 2006, regional airports may be considered for annual subvention in respect of operating costs incurred in providing core airport services, to the extent that these cannot be met by prudent commercial management and by any surpluses available from other sources such as carparking charges and catering.

Applications in respect of 2009 are currently being examined. The airports have been advised that in view of constraints on Exchequer resources this year, it is likely that any payments under the scheme in 2009 will have to be made on a pro rata basis, with no airport getting the full amount it might otherwise expect.