Written answers
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Department of Transport
Air Services
5:00 am
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport the amounts of financial grant aid and public service obligation funding that has been made available to each regional airport in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47811/10]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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PSO air services subvention is set out in the following table: PSO Contract Amounts, per contract year
| Jul 05 to Jul 06 | Jul 06 to Jul 07 | Jul 07 to Jul 08 | Jul 08 to Jul09 | Jul 09 to Jul10 | July10 toJuly 11 | |
| Galway | €2,953,594 | €3,004,919 | €3,041,058 | €3,271,344 | €3,314,239 | €3,430,810 |
| Kerry | €3,013,556 | €3,003,493 | €3,008,433 | €1,750,000 | €1,750,000 | €1,750,000 |
| Sligo/Donegal | €4,966,108 | €5,157,252 | €5,403,422 | €5,378,689 | €5,639,552 | €5,906,329 |
| Knock/Derry | €3,895,112 | €4,083,235 | €4,287,719 | €3,837,595 | €4,336,276 | €4,476,732 |
| €14,828,370 | €15,248,899 | €15,740,632 | €14,237,628 | €15,040,067 | €15,563,871 |
The Sligo/ Donegal and Knock/ Derry routes are operated under a combined contract. Ryanair have discontinued providing the Kerry PSO service since November 2010 and are operating a daily service outside the PSO arrangement at no cost to the exchequer. Operational subvention (OPEX) is set out in the following table:
| Airport | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| € | € | € | € | € | € | |
| Donegal | 255,000 | 64,600 | 44,000 | 0 | 131,000 | 278,000 |
| Sligo | 255,000 | 231,200 | 9,000 | 0 | 313,000 | 395,000 |
| Knock | 400,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 445,000 | 761,000 |
| Galway | 280,000 | 677,848 | 859,000 | 1,200,000 | 962,000 | 1,800,000 |
| Kerry | 400,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford | 650,000 | 687,685 | 1,352,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,494,000 | 1,585,000 |
| Total | 2,240,000 | 1,661,333 | 2,264,000 | 2,740,000 | 3,345,000 | 4,819,000 |
Because of a projected shortfall in the resources available to fund the OPEX scheme, after allowing for estimated requirements for the PSO Air Services Programme for 2010, the six Regional Airports were allocated OPEX funding on a pro rata basis in July of this year with no airport getting the full amount it might otherwise expect.
I have decided to provide additional funding for the Scheme for 2010 in line with the OPEX contracts. All the Airports submitted additional information in support of their applications for funding. The combined allocations are as outlined in the above table. Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) is as in the following table:
| Airport | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| € | € | € | € | € | € | |
| Donegal | 112,575 | 49,490 | 299,524 | 992,610 | 33,536 | See below |
| Sligo | 55,852 | 124,000 | 303,911 | 1,907,729 | 223,607 | See below |
| Knock | 3,212,180 | 529,365 | 699,465 | 4,626,956 | 3,874,017 | See below |
| Galway | 692,015 | 0 | 673,892 | 1,049,691 | 453,624 | See below |
| Kerry | 394,650 | 98,107 | 189,074 | 334,393 | 45,000 | See below |
| Waterford | 123,690 | 0 | 1,174,489 | 1,907,729 | 223,607 | See below |
| Total | 1,700,000 | 800,962 | 3,340,355 | 9,023,959 | 4,714,773 | See below |
The provision in my Department's Vote to fund the CAPEX grant scheme for all the Regional Airports in 2010 is €3 million. Grant aid for urgently required work at Knock and Donegal airports was approved for this year together with the completion of projects which had been contractually committed prior to July 2008. Just over €1.06m had been drawn down as at 13th December 2010 by the airports with further funds to be drawn down by year end.
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers inbound and outbound using each regional airport in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47812/10]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Passenger numbers at the six Regional Airports since 2005, including those available to date in 2010, are set out below:
| PassengersStatistics | Part of 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
| Donegal | Up to Nov. 44,640 | 50,750 | 64,532 | 60,388 | 56,656 | 47,776 |
| Galway | Up to Oct. 134,209 | 194,158 | 266,897 | 309,302 | 248,972 | 252,897 |
| Kerry | Up to Oct.346,490 | 356,247 | 423,291 | 389,434 | 392,400 | 382,678 |
| Knock | Up to Nov.555,407 | 607,228 | 629,000 | 556,357 | 621,171 | 530,084 |
| Sligo | Up to Nov.19,780 | 26,706 | 42,493 | 44,533 | 34,310 | 39,593 |
| Waterford | Up to Sep.70,499 | 111,837 | 143,465 | 118,771 | 82,826 | 74,357 |
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