Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month to date in 2010; if he will provide figures for the same period in 2008 and 2009, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27719/10]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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It is difficult to make direct comparisons between seasonal sites as many open at Easter which is a variable date. An overall drop in visitor numbers has however been experienced in the current economic climate compounded by inclement weather in 2009 and the volcanic ash cloud in 2010 which led to the cancellation of booking by foreign visitors. The table provides a breakdown of numbers at visitor attraction sites operated by the Office of Public Works.