Island Communities
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-05
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

As I said, the matter is with Galway County Council at present. My Department was in touch with it in November and again in January to get its solicitor to complete the legal aspects.
The Deputy is correct. I was reading the file and the project goes back a good while, to say the least. The Inishbofin airstrip was completed in late 2010 but, in July 2013, the then Minister of State decided not to proceed with the development of terminal buildings and other works required by the Irish Aviation Authority for use of the airstrip as a public airport. If we then fast-forward to 2017, a public consultation took place about the future of the airstrip and it was decided that a primary healthcare centre could be located on part of the site. In 2018, consultants prepared a feasibility study to establish whether constructing a health centre on part of the site would interfere with the possible use of the site as an airstrip. That matter was sorted out. The situation now is that Galway County Council is trying to get the necessary contracts prepared.

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Sitting date: 2024-03-05