asked the Minister for Transport if he intends providing an air strip at Inishbofin, County Galway to enable the islanders to have the same service as is available in the adjoining Irish speaking Aran Islands.

An inter-departmental committee have been set up to review arrangements for establishing, equipping and financing regional or local airports and air services and to make recommendations for future policy. Any proposals for new airfields in future will be considered in the light of the policy to be determined as a result of the committee's findings when they become available.