Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of Shannon Development Estates which will flow annually into Shannon Airport; the way that this funding will be used; if it will be used to market the airport arising out the recent announcement of plans for an independent airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/12]

Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for Shannon Airport independent of the Dublin Airport Authority; the fate of employees at Shannon and in particular their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together.

As I have previously informed the Deputy, the Government has decided in principle to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority and to merge it with a restructured Shannon Development to form a new entity in public ownership. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and I will now establish a Steering Group that will bring forward proposals for the implementation of the decision.

Issues concerning the future funding of Shannon Airport and the position of airport employees, including their pensions, are matters to be considered by the Steering Group in the first instance.