Written answers
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Department of Transport
Regional Airports
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount provided in subsidies to each regional airport; the amount that is provided in subsidies for flights to regional airports; the breakdown of such by airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14674/10]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of subvention paid to the regional airports under the Core Airports Operational Expenditure Subvention Scheme (Opex) for the year 2009 is set out in the table below.
| Airport | â'¬ |
| Galway | 962,000 |
| Kerry | Nil |
| Sligo | 313,000 |
| Donegal | 131,000 |
| Ireland West Airport Knock | 445,000 |
| Waterford | 1,494,000 |
| Total | 3,345,000 |
Information on air service PSO contracts and contracted amounts in respect of the current contract period is set out in the table below.
| Service from Dublin | Carrier | Contract period July 2008 to July 2011 |
| â'¬ | ||
| Galway | Aer Arann | 10,016,393 |
| Kerry | Ryanair | 5,250,000 |
| Sligo/Donegal | Aer Arann | 16,924,570 |
| Knock/Derry | Aer Arann | 12,650,603 |
| Total | 44,841,566 |
The services for Sligo/Donegal and Knock/Derry are provided under combined contracts. The contracts are fixed price contracts for each route or route combination.
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