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The Taoiseach says broadening a Government scheme that funds smaller airports so as to allow Shannon Airport to benefit from it is "under consideration". Across 2023 and 2024, Shannon Airport received €7.64 million through the Regional Airports Programme which was established to support airports handling less than one million passengers per year but was expanded during the pandemic to assist slightly larger facilities like Shannon. The outcomes of the Mid-term Review of the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025, which included the broadening of its scope to include airports with greater than one million passengers, were published in July of this year. Responding to Meelick Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe in the Dáil, Taoiseach Micheál Martin says the review showed the benefit of including Shannon in the scheme.