Written answers

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Tourism Funding

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding his Department and agencies-bodies under his remit, the amount of money spent on an annual basis on maintaining, marketing, promoting and staffing tourist/visitor attractions in County Cork [13126/15]

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent on an annual basis by the Office of Public Works on maintaining, marketing, promoting and staffing tourist and visitor attractions in County Cork. [13125/15]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 295 together.

The Office of Public Works is responsible for six Visitor sites in Co. Cork.The expenditure associated with each of these sites in 2013 and 2014 is as follows:

SiteYearConservation Works and Maintenance (incl staff costs) €Utilities and running costs €Guide costs €Total
Barryscourt Castle2014:

2013:
117,850

98,495
11,634

5,178
45,778

43,690
175,262

147,363
Charlesfort2014:

2013:
317,239

272,176
16,592

17,275
216,964

201,124
550,795

490,575
Desmond Castle2014:

2013:
18,950

19,302
2,745

4,080
55,386

56,273
77,081

79,655
Garinish Island2014:

2013:
375,729.22

410,001.93
59,475

62,499
294,519

303,417
729,723

775,917
Doneraile Park2014:

2013:
387,787.00

371,600.00
#330,435

151,000
No Guide Service718,222

522,600
Fota House & Gardens2014:

2013:
207,626

345,032
46,967

52,979
*No OPW Guide Service254,539

398,012
# Includes exceptional costs of storm damage.

* Presentation and Guide Service is managed separately by the Irish Heritage Trust.

The OPW does not market individual sites directly and all marketing and promotional activity is carried out in respect of the Heritage estate as a whole; marketing expenditure on individual sites is therefore not available.

In total, there are 56 National Monuments in State care in Co. Cork which are managed by the OPW, including the three first named above.Maintenance expenditure in relation to these sites is not identified separately but is included in the overall spend of the OPW's Mallow National Monuments Depot.

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