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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: There is €1.7 million to fund training for night vision goggles and this is coming out of the IAA dividend. That will be sufficient for the training and we believe we will have sufficient resources for all the recommendations.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: There is need for supplementary resources for this.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: We do not believe so.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: The Irish Open is getting €750,000 and Paralympics Ireland €100,000. This decision was made by Sport Ireland and that organisation is there to make such decisions. Perhaps the Deputy could ask Sport Ireland. I have every confidence in Sport Ireland and what it is doing.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I understand the point the Deputy makes. The funding represents an increase of €250,000 on the level of funding provided in 2018. The money being provided to Paralympics Ireland is to meet a cost overrun from the hosting of the World Para Swimming European Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in August. On 5 April last, Sport Ireland was contacted by Paralympics Ireland with...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: There is a very wide debate on whether golf clubs should be supported with public money if they have a lot of their own funds. The Irish Open is a very big, national event which needs and merits support if it is going to benefit the economy and bring tourism to the country.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: Yes, and some of them need a large amount of funding. The marathon needs a different amount of money from what the golf needs but I would not underestimate the extraordinary success we have had in bringing sportspeople from all over the world. The events we plan to hold in golf, soccer and other sports will benefit the entire nation.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: Sure.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I will deal with Deputy Coppinger's comments first. The point she makes is fair. We should examine in detail the proportionate amounts given to these various organisations, as we do. The €150,000 for the Women in Sport programme comes from the Supplementary Estimate. The Deputy rightly points out that, superficially, that is only one fifth of the amount given to golf. We doubled...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I was not attempting to do that at all. I was just trying to say that participation at street level is equally important. I do not want to dismiss the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open because its benefits to tourism in Ireland are significant. On the Acting Chairman's question, I have not worked out the percentage but we can do that very easily. It is extra money. The €51.6 million...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I will get that figure for the Deputy. I do not have it here but I will certainly produce it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: They certainly will not suffer. I cannot guarantee that dividend will be available next year but we anticipate that it will. In other words, the expectation is that we will get the same €12 million per annum, €6 million of which will come to the Department, but it is not certain. It depends on the conditions in the IAA at the time. If it is in a similar position to where it...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I told the Acting Chairman that I can get that figure for him. I am not sure.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: Some €51.6 million will be going to sports in general.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: There is €1 million specifically for the Women in Sport programme but if we give money to sports in general, as we do when giving money to clubs, women will also benefit. It is somewhat difficult to say what specifically goes to the programme in question. It is a certain amount but women also benefit from the general funds going to sport.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: It is 2% for women specifically.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: It is doubling next year. That is important.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank the Acting Chairman for his remarks. The achievement in tourism is phenomenal considering the drop in the currency in the UK as a result of Brexit and the fact that the number of visitors from Britain has increased this year despite the fact that we have suffered so much in the context of currency movements. That is due to a large number of factors. Tourism worldwide is increasing...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: The Department has already been taking part in roadshows across the country with the key stakeholders to promote the issues the Acting Chairman mentioned.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Funding (6 Dec 2018)

Shane Ross: The closing date for applications for funding for Greenways was Friday, 30 November 2018. Twenty two applications were received, including two for the North Kerry Greenway, i.e. one for the Listowel to the Limerick Border section and one for the Tralee to Fenit section. All of the applications received will be assessed over the coming months in accordance with the criteria set out...