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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (21 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy.  It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects.  These are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland.  While the Department provides funding to Fáilte Ireland for investment in tourism offerings, it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (21 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ​The National Physical Activity Plan was published in January 2016 and its implementation is being overseen by an Implementation Group co-chaired by my Department and the Department of Health. Work has commenced on over 50 of the 60 actions contained in the plan.  An Implementation Template, showing progress to date and work planned for each action, is planned to be...

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies Funding (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the outset, I apologise for being late. When I was entering the Chamber a question was being answered by the Minister, Deputy Ross. I understood the question to be about whether I attended a meeting with him. I did not but a meeting was requested of my office in regard to the promoters of a scheme at Dublin Airport, which I facilitated in the context of tourism. I do that all the time....

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies Funding (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: Last December I asked Fáilte Ireland to re-examine funding for St. Patrick's Day festivities across the country because I was not happy with a situation whereby only one location is funded. That is not appropriate particularly in the context of commitments in the programme for Government to balanced regional development. Whether St. Patrick's Day festivals are being organised in...

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies Funding (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am delighted to update Deputy Troy. The portfolio established by the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, has been reassigned by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to myself. Deputies Naughton and Troy are right concerning funding by local authorities. This was why I asked for a review of funding for the St. Patrick's Day festival in Dublin. There is a greater opportunity in...

Other Questions: Fáilte Ireland (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy Daly for the question. I am aware that Fáilte Ireland plans to close its tourist information office in Terminal 2 in Dublin airport and I understand from Fáilte Ireland that this decision follows a review of the engagement levels there and nature of the queries. The management of the tourist information office network is an operational matter for the...

Other Questions: Fáilte Ireland (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to set Deputy Daly's mind at ease. The development of tourism in Ireland is far from Dublin-centric. Some 10 million people visited the island of Ireland last year. As the Deputy knows, Ireland's Ancient East and the Wild Atlantic Way have been phenomenal successes. Fáilte Ireland has 28 tourist information offices across the country and there is also a network of over 40...

Other Questions: Fáilte Ireland (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: Since I have been appointed I have engaged with many airports across the country and have discussed the points of entry for tourists entering Ireland in terms of what they are looking for. There has been a change in the behaviour of tourists in terms of how they want to access information. In many cases, that involves tourist offices. We have to reflect on the number of people actually...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tourism Ireland is responsible for promoting the island of Ireland overseas as a holiday and business tourism destination and undertakes extensive marketing campaigns in 23 key source markets for tourism to Ireland.  Within Ireland, individual counties may compete for domestic visitors.  Research carried out for Tourism Ireland indicates that the level of awareness of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tourism Ireland is responsible for promoting the island of Ireland overseas as a holiday and business tourism destination and undertake extensive marketing campaigns in 23 key source markets for tourism to Ireland.  Within Ireland, individual counties may compete for domestic visitors.  Research carried out for Tourism Ireland indicates that the level of awareness of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy.  It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects.  This is an operational matter for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland.  While the Department provides funding to Fáilte Ireland for investment in tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Diaspora Centre Establishment (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ​On 16 February 2015, having regard to the Tourism Policy Statement "People Place and Policy: Growing Tourism to 2025" and other considerations, it was agreed by the previous Government that it would not proceed with a single National Diaspora Centre. It is of course open to any individual promoter to seek support for the development of a centre through Fáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 2,320 applications were submitted under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme.  The full  assessment process and scoring system for the 2017 round of the Programme is available on my Department's website at . Over the coming months, all of the applications received will be assessed by officials in my Department in accordance with this process. Once the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I understand that the community of Lusk in County Dublin have developed the Lusk Community Sports Plan 2020.  Implementation of community sports initiatives, including participative and infrastructure initiatives, would be a matter for the local community and any clubs in the first instance.  Local authorities would also welcome and consider sporting initiatives and would be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Health Promotion (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: The National Physical Activity Plan was published in January 2016 and its implementation is being overseen by an Implementation Group co-chaired by my Department and the Department of Health. Work has commenced on over 50 of the 60 actions contained in the plan.  An Implementation Template, showing progress to date and work planned for each action, is planned to be published...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: The collection of statistics are primarily a matter for the Central Statistics Office (CSO).  I understand that the CSO does not provide a county by county breakdown of statistics in their monthly 'Overseas Travel' publication. I am aware, however, that Fáilte Ireland, provides an estimated county by county breakdown of overseas visits on an annual basis,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy.  It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects.  These are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland.  While the Department provides funding to Fáilte Ireland to develop tourism offerings, it does not have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: The role of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national policy.  The development of business tourism is an operational matter for the Boards and Managements of Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. Accordingly, I have asked the tourism agencies to reply to the Deputy directly in this regard.  Please contact...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (22 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 2016 was a record year for overseas tourism to Ireland with a total of 9,584,400 visits representing a 10.9% increase on 2015, or an additional 941,300 visits.  The CSO tourism data available for 2017 shows that the number of overseas visits between November 2016 and January 2017 increased by 7.2% compared to the corresponding period of November 2015 to January 2016. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy. It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects. These are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland. While the Department provides funding to Fáilte Ireland to invest in tourism offerings, such as...