Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

Department of Finance

Architectural Heritage

8:00 pm

Photo of Emmet StaggEmmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Finance when Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, opened to visitors; the number of visitors to the house each year since then; and the publicity which is used to attract visitors to the house. [1098/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that Castletown House opened to the public on 1 January 1994. The number of visitors to the property in each of the years from 1994 to 2005 is shown on the following table:

Year No. of Visitors
1994 12,899
1995 11,615
1996 7,350
1997 3,050
1998 * House Closed
1999 13,509
2000 11,508
2001 11,455
2002 11,592
2003 10,579
2004 10,209
2005 9,877
* House closed due to ongoing refurbishment works.
Note: Due to ongoing refurbishment works house closed for part of 1996 and 1997.

Castletown House is publicised principally in national and regional versions of brochures that are distributed at staffed OPW managed sites and the regional tourism authority tourist information offices. The site is also included on the heritageireland.ie website and the regional tourism authority website.

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