Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detailed figures of the numbers and types of jobs created as a result of the Government's 2012 Action Plan for Jobs which identified targeting capital investment in public tourism product and infrastructure as a key priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The 2012 Action Plan for Jobs provided that the Government would target capital investment in tourism product under the €21m capital budget available to Fáilte Ireland in 2012. Key projects completed with the assistance of this funding, and opened in 2012, include the upgrade to Fota House and Gardens, the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, and the revamped Malahide Castle and Gardens. A number of major new projects were also announced, such as the development of the Medieval Mile in Kilkenny, the Dubline and the Wild Atlantic Way.

All of these projects provide direct jobs during their development as well as providing ongoing employment through their own operations and in related tourism enterprises. In addition the completed projects enhance the tourism offering that Ireland provides and help sustain the estimated 185,000 jobs in the tourism and hospitality industry.