Written answers
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Departmental Websites
2:30 pm
Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 734: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number and cost of each website that falls under her remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48211/10]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport provides four websites and the following are the details for each.
1. Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport website
Website address: www.tcs.gov.ie
Cost €8,164.00
Monthly Unique Visitors
| January 2010 | 18,597 |
| February 2010 | 17,512 |
| March 2010 | 19,597 |
| April 2010 | 15,363 |
| May 2010 | 13,714 |
| June 2010 | 11,887 |
| July 2010 | 10,434 |
| August 2010 | 10,284 |
| September 2010 | 11,765 |
| October 2010 | 12,554 |
| November 2010 | 13,455 |
| December 2010 | 7,939 |
2. National Archives of Ireland website
Website address: www.nationalarchives.ie
Cost €11,491
Monthly Unique Visitors
| January 2010 | 85,255 |
| February 2010 | 69,218 |
| March 2010 | 80,627 |
| April 2010 | 63,604 |
| May 2010 | 62,475 |
| June 2010 | 150,016 |
| July 2010 | 88,053 |
| August 2010 | 86,253 |
| September 2010 | 66,962 |
| October 2010 | 64,659 |
| November 2010 | 55,741 |
| December 2010 | 42,121 |
b) 1911 Census Search facility Website address: www.census.nationalarchives.ie Cost €38,300
Monthly Unique Visitors
| January 2010 | 183,668 |
| February 2010 | 144,845 |
| March 2010 | 150,988 |
| April 2010 | 128,240 |
| May 2010 | 127,426 |
| June 2010 | 461,582 |
| July 2010 | 238,391 |
| August 2010 | 211,430 |
| September 2010 | 173,704 |
| October 2010 | 152,832 |
| November 2010 | 118,393 |
| December 2010 | 100,775 |
3. Irish Genealogy website and the Church Records Search facility
Website address: www.irishgenealogy.ie Cost €5,364.20
Monthly Unique Visitors
| January 2010 | 19,057 |
| February 2010 | 16,939 |
| March 2010 | 19,693 |
| April 2010 | 15,184 |
| May 2010 | 16,252 |
| June 2010 | 31,263 |
| July 2010 | 31,249 |
| August 2010 | 30,414 |
| September 2010 | 25,791 |
| October 2010 | 23,998 |
| November 2010 | 20,717 |
| December 2010 | 17,559 |
4. Culture Ireland website
Website address: www.cultureireland.gov.ie
Cost €10,159.12
Monthly Unique Visitors
| January 2010 | 2,290 |
| February 2010 | 4,732 |
| March 2010 | 5,775 |
| April 2010 | 1,943 |
| May 2010 | 2,989 |
| June 2010 | 3,350 |
| July 2010 | 3,434 |
| August 2010 | 3,849 |
| September 2010 | 4,461 |
| October 2010 | 3,977 |
| November 2010 | 4,436 |
| December 2010 | 3,385 |
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