Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or a body under its aegis, has undertaken any analysis of the direct benefits of the special VAT rate reduction on encouraging overseas and domestic tourism, as opposed to other factors such as the positive euro exchange rate; and if so, if he will provide estimates for the number of additional overseas visitors which his Department considers were a direct consequence of the reduced VAT rate. [23754/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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I am aware that ​Fáilte Ireland has commissioned two reports on the impact of the VAT reduction on the tourism industry, one in 2013 and another in 2014.  I have asked the agency to reply directly to the Deputy in this regard.  Please contact my private office if you do not hear from them within ten working days.