Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving here on a weekly basis from 12 March 2020 by country including seaports and airports in tabular form. [20628/20]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons travelling to and from the 15 green list countries on a daily basis between 21 and 27 July by country, including sea ports and airports in tabular form. [20629/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together.

The Deputy may be aware that my Department compiles and publishes quarterly statistics from our airports, which are available on the government website . Those statistics focus on all commercial movements and all passenger numbers through Ireland’s airports. Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 the Department has begun requesting statistics relating to passengers arriving in the State by the country of departure. Statistics in this regard including countries on the green list are currently available for passengers arriving in Ireland through the State Airports for the weeks 29 June to 5 July, 6 to 12 July and 13 to 19 July 2020 and are given in tabular form below. Statistics for the week 20 to 26 July are not yet available.  

A breakdown of arrivals into Ireland by Irish residents returning home or foreign residents visiting Ireland is not available. All statistics set out below are provisional figures provided by the airport and are subject to change. 

The table below shows the approximate number of passengers arriving in Ireland through Dublin Airport. The figures do not include transfers

The table below shows the approximate number of passengers arriving in Ireland through Cork Airport. The figures do not include transfer passengers.

In relation to ports, the Department does not have the level of detail requested by the Deputy with regard to passengers departing and arriving by Sea and passenger numbers by specific country of departure through Ireland’s ports are not currently available.  None of the ferries that travel to and from Ireland go to any of the 15 countries on the Green List. The Irish Maritime Development Office has been providing statistics since the start of the COVID crisis on the number of passengers arriving and departing on a weekly basis by Corridor. The table shows the most up to date information on approximate number of passengers arrivingat Irish Ports each week from 30 March to 19 July. Please note that these figures account for passengers both arriving into and departing from Ireland’s ports. 

The Central corridor accounts for services to/from the port of Dublin to Great Britain. This includes sailings to Holyhead by Irish Ferries and Stena Line; to Liverpool by P&O Ferries and Seatruck Ferries; and to Heysham by Seatruck.  The Southern corridor includes routes to/from Rosslare- to Fishguard by Stena Line and Rosslare to Pembroke by Irish Ferries. The Continental corridor covers all direct services to/from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain from Dublin, Rosslare and Cork. Passenger services go to/from Rosslare to France and Spain and from Cork to France.

The CSO has also published monthly Air and Sea Travel Statistics up until the end of March 2020. The latest figures available can be found at the following link: