Written answers
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Tourism Promotion
9:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 694: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his strategy to increase tourism numbers, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fáilte Ireland has withdrawn staffing provision for the Tourist Information Centre in Dungloe, County Donegal; if he is satisfied with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/12]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Fáilte Ireland operates an extensive network of Tourism Information Offices throughout the country. The day to day management of the offices, their opening hours and their locations are administrative matters for Fáilte Ireland.
In response to the constraints on public expenditure, Fáilte Ireland has reconfigured service delivery, reshaped its services and prioritised the locations where Tourism Information Offices are provided. Reconfiguration does not necessarily mean closure but may mean a change in ownership or a change in the model of delivery of the service.
In that regard, Fáilte Ireland has been pursuing, where possible, the provision of tourism information by local communities and business interests. In that regard I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have been advised that the Dungloe Tourism Information Office will open for the tourist season this year under licence from Fáilte Ireland.
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