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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...again and to get extra funding to clear the old lists and open up new applications, but, quite simply, the money there now is not enough and is only a drop in the ocean. I understand some €10 million was allocated this year and while I acknowledge that is a 5% increase on last year, realistically, €10 million would only cover a fraction of the roads in Kerry, never mind the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenways Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...special. It is a 32 km route from Glenbeigh to Reenard, which overlooks Valentia Island. It follows part of the Farranfore to Valentia Harbour railway line which initially opened in 1885, when it reached as far as Killorglin, before being extended to its full length in 1893. It ran until 30 January 1960. The line has now been closed for almost as long as it was open. I hope the great...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...in the country. The most recent sports capital round in 2018 attracted a record 2,337 applications, with allocations being announced in January, May and November of last year. A total of more than €56 million was awarded to nearly 1,700 different projects. In recent weeks my Department has received many queries about the sports capital programme, mainly concerning the status of...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Griffin: ...industry itself is the ultimate goal of sustainable tourism. The tourism sector has experienced steady growth for the past eight years, culminating in overseas visitor expenditure of more than €5 billion in 2018. Overall, the sector was worth almost €9.4 billion to the economy in 2018 if domestic tourism receipts and the fare receipts of Irish air and sea carriers are...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Brendan Griffin: ...within the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport where we have been able to secure some helpful assistance for the related industries and everybody involved. On tourism, the sum of €7 million that was secured yesterday for Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, to be spent immediately, is welcome. The funding, which is badly needed now, is to be used both overseas and...

Sustainable Tourism: Statements (13 Jun 2019)

Brendan Griffin: ...of the industry itself is the ultimate goal of sustainable tourism. Revenue generated from overseas visitors to Ireland has increased by almost 60% in the past five years to more than €5 billion, with growth in all of our main markets. Overall, it is estimated that the sector was worth in the region of €9 billion to the economy in 2018 if domestic tourism receipts and...

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ..., the sports capital programme as operated by my Department provides funding to voluntary sporting and community organisations for the provision of sports and recreational facilities. More than 11,500 projects have benefitted from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to close to €1 billion. The programme has transformed the sporting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (26 Jun 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ...of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP), grant aid to a maximum of €3.8m is provided towards the capital cost of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. To date 51 pools have been completed under the Programme and these are listed in the table below. There are four principal stages in the LASPP, namely: Preliminary Report; Contract Documents;...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (12 Jun 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ...of its own resources to address road issues in particular areas. Before the financial crisis, local authorities could apply on a regular basis for specific grants for schemes costing less than €5 million and for strategic improvement grants for schemes costing more than €5 million with a view to strengthening, widening or realigning regional and local roads. However,...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ...right and particularly in view of the fall in visitor numbers from our largest market, Great Britain, which I will come back to later. Overall in 2017, according to CSO data, there were over 9.9 million overseas visitors to Ireland, up 4% on 2016. They generated approximately €4.9 billion for our economy, up 6.5%. This figure rises to €6.5 billion if we include the fare...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ...from Britain from January to April 2018 represented an increase of 1.1% on the figure for the same period in 2017. That does not sound like a lot, but last year there was an overall reduction of 5% in visitor numbers from Britain. We do not yet have the revenue figures for the period from January to April, but it is interesting that last year visitor numbers from Britain reduced by 5%...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (12 Jun 2018)

Brendan Griffin: ...also in fostering community spirit and developing social capital. The report presents some very positive findings. It shows that 43% of the adult population regularly take part in sport, representing 1.6 million regular participants. It also shows that social participation among adults is currently at 45%, equivalent to 1.65 million adults. Overall, over 3 in 5 adults are involved...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (29 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 540, 541 and 545 together. Details of all allocations under the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) since 1998 and all payments since 2007 are available on my Department's website http://www.dttas.ie/sport/english/sports-capital-programme.& #xa0; There were annual rounds of the SCP from 1998-2008. Subsequent to this there were new rounds of the SCP in 2012,...

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (15 Feb 2018)

Brendan Griffin: We are partnering with Classic FM in the United Kingdom, which has a listenership of 5 million people who Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland have identified as our key market in the UK and to whom we will intensively market the Wild Atlantic Way for a month. Although there was a decline of 5% in 2017 in visitors to Ireland from the UK , it is very heartening that there was an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (7 Dec 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Funding of €30m for the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh was announced in Budget 2014. My Department has already paid out €23.087 million in respect of the project. Further payments will be made shortly.  In accordance with the standard terms and conditions of the Sports Capital Programme, at least 5% of the overall grant (€1.5m in this case)...

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

Brendan Griffin: The Government's tourism policy, People, Place and Policy: Growing Tourism to 2025, sets out targets of achieving 10 million visitors, €5 billion in revenue from overseas visitors and employment of 250,000 in the tourism sector by 2025. In 2016, there were over 9.5 million visitors, over €4.5 billion in revenue and the tourism employment figure was in the order...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: ...but that Fáitle Ireland is planning to launch a second call for applications by the end of 2017.  This follows a very strong response to the first call for applications in June 2016, which drew a total of 115 applications.  A total of €65 million has been allocated to this scheme, which runs from 2016-2021.  The scheme will award grants of between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: We are talking only €4 million or €5 million per annum for the system.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Community Development Projects (22 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €5 million community support scheme was spent (details supplied) which was intended for communities where commercial salmon fishing was a well-established activity and where its withdrawal demonstrably impacted on the economic and social fabric of the area;...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Sep 2011)

Brendan Griffin: ...product. They are what people come here to experience. Irish pubs are even more special in winter than in summer because they are one of the main attractions in the evenings when it is dark after 5 o'clock. We should support Irish pubs perhaps by giving tax breaks to rural publicans who sell beer on tap. When I asked the Minister for Finance if we could give publicans an incentive, for...