Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a statement on the impact on tourism in the north west, especially Donegal, of the requirement on some foreign visitors to acquire a separate British visa if crossing the Border. [4907/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Issues relating to visa requirements for foreign visitors to Ireland are a matter in the first instance for my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell. From a tourism perspective, the impact of separate British visa requirements on tourists wishing to travel across the Border with Northern Ireland is negligible given that the level of tourism business to the island of Ireland from countries which are subject to such special visa requirements is minimal at this point in time.