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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [21459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [21460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Exchequer funding for overseas tourism marketing in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [21461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the independent evaluation of overseas tourism marketing expenditure to be published; and the details of the study. [21462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the regional tourism brand Ireland's Ancient East is not well delineated or coherent in terms of its thematic content and geographic coverage; his plans to improve it; and if the River Shannon and midlands region will be part of the Lakelands initiative or Ireland's Ancient East. [22061/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is currently no strategy promoting the middle of Ireland as a tourism brand, encompassing the midlands and Shannon region; and when he expects the Lakelands initiative brand to be made operational and to address concerns that Fáilte Ireland is not in favour of promoting this regional brand identity....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Capital Investment Programme (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns that applications for investment capital for tourism projects from Fáilte Ireland or Tourism Ireland that are not designated as being within one of the regional tourism brands are not going to be possible; and the grants available for capital investment under each of the regional tourism brands and for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the research collected by Fáilte Ireland, in particular on visitor numbers to individual areas, counties and regions, is not being reported back to the industry in a timely enough manner to enable businesses or local tourism promotion bodies to respond to these patterns on the ground (details supplied); and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis has plans to introduce incentives or funding for individual businesses or local authorities to provide free Wi-Fi hotspots, in particular in small urban or rural areas, for tourism promotion; and if he will examine proposals to increase the number of free Wi-Fi hotspots. [22065/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Fáilte Ireland is not doing a good job at directly providing or facilitating the training of new chefs; his further views on whether a new public body should be established to co-ordinate and drive an expansion in the number of training places, especially vocational training places, in hospitality and tourism;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Functions (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether local authorities are competing unfairly with private businesses in providing tourism services at below market rates (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to this as a more general problem; and his views on whether local authorities should not be involved in directly providing tourism services to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether current short-term hosting accommodation, such as a company (details supplied) is not compliant with the same health and safety standards as formal accommodation providers, such as those registered with Fáilte Ireland; if he has explored proposals for mandatory registration of all accommodation providers to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of providers of short-term hosting accommodation which have been inspected by Fáilte Ireland or another body to ensure compliance with health and safety standards in 2016 or the most recent year for which statistics are available. [22069/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis have undertaken research on the cost base of Irish tourism hospitality businesses compared to European competitors. [22070/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be another The Gathering event in 2018 or 2019; his views on whether it is a good idea; and if there is support within the tourism industry for it. [22071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the tourism marketing budget to attempt to mitigate the decline in visitor numbers from the UK in view of the decline in visitor numbers from the UK experienced in Q1 2017; and if he is examining proposals to implement a business support fund to support small tourism businesses that may be hit especially hard from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a business support fund to support small tourism businesses that may be hit especially hard from a sharp decline in visitors from Britain. [22074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the recipients of sports capital funding for 2017 will be known. [22118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (9 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to re-open a community child care service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21944/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Robert Troy: The Technological Universities Bill has sat on the Government's side of the House for in excess of 18 months. It was meant to come before the previous Dáil. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, has said on numerous occasions that it is imminent. We have yet to see it come before the floor of the House. A number of institutes of technology, such as Athlone, are...