Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I may have to come back to Deputy Collins on that matter. I think it relates to dealing with visa applications and fees payable on foot of visa applications. As a result of the visa waiver programme, a considerable number of people who travel to the UK from outside the EU do not require visas in this State and have come on to visit this State. When we put that scheme in place, we envisaged there would be a reduction in income received but there was not because we have had more visitors in recent years. This is the estimate for the fees we expect to receive in 2014. It is a bit below the sum for the outturn of 2013 because that was the year of The Gathering and we do not have full visibility on whether visitor numbers will decrease in the year after The Gathering. We do not know what its impact will be. That is the estimate of the income we will receive.