Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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1692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact the level of staffing of the Natural History Museum is having on tourism in Dublin. [33568/14]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The staffing of the Natural History Museum is a matter, in the first instance for the management of the Museum, and my colleague the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. In that regard, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the management of the Museum.

In regard to tourism performance I am pleased to advise the Deputy that overseas visitor numbers are up by 9.9% to the end of July.  Statistics recently released by the Central Statistics Office also show that revenue from overseas visitors grew by almost 9% in the first six months of the year.  While these are national figures and regional figures are not yet available, all indications are that tourism in Dublin is performing particularly well.