Donegal Airport has been granted €586,604 for safety and security enhancements.
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Jack Chambers TD, has today visited Shannon Airport as part of his ministerial responsibility for aviation and announced funding for our State and regional airports.
To date, Government has provided funding to support projects employing this CAT 3 security screening technologies at Shannon, Donegal, and Kerry airports, with Ireland West Airport (Knock) receiving approval today for this security screening technology as part of their funding allocation under the Regional Airports Programme.
This security screening technology allows both electronic devices and liquids to be left in hand luggage for screening, expediting the whole security screening process and enhancing the overall passenger experience at airports.
In total, funding supports to regional airports in 2023 are being provided as follows:
| Airport | Grant Allocation |
| Donegal | €586,604 |
| Ireland West (Knock) | €5,000,541 |
| Kerry | €419,988 |
| Shannon | €4,623,486 |
| Cork | €6,000,000 |
| Total | €16,630,619 |
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