The move would ease burden on ratepayers in the area or allow funding to be directed elsewhere
The cost of running City of Derry Airport will be paid for by Stormont rather than the local council, Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced.
Read more: Northern Ireland hospitals set for restructure under major review into future of healthcare Mr Murphy announced his intention to take over the funding costs as he updated MLAs on a "new approach to economic development" in Northern Ireland. He continued: "Those priorities will continue to be updated as circumstances change over time. Interventions could involve, for example, support for local clusters; skills programmes tailored to local businesses; preparing more land for business expansion; the development of new start-up and follow-on units; the regeneration of empty buildings for business use; and key infrastructure projects. My Department will recalibrate its programmes and budget to help meet those priorities.
Asked to expand on the airport funding announcement by the Foyle MLA Mark Durkan, the Economy Minister said: "On Derry airport, we have been in dialogue and working through the arrangements with the Department for Infrastructure for some time, and we have been talking to the airport and Derry city council. As the Member will know, there has been a bit of ping-pong on the issue for too many years.
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