John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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1724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of a budget allocated to Fáilte Ireland for 2016 and the way it is intended to be spent. [24399/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Details (at subhead level) of the annual funding allocations provided by my Department to Fáilte Ireland are available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  The subheads of relevance to Fáilte Ireland are E3, E6 (capital) and a portion of E5.

Allocations under Subhead E3 cover the general operating and administration expenses of Fáilte Ireland (including salary and pension costs and the costs incurred in promoting and supporting the development of Irish tourism); Subhead E6 supports capital investment in tourism product and infrastructure; and the portion of monies allocated to Fáilte Ireland under Subhead E5 (Tourism Marketing Fund) covers regional, product and niche product marketing by that agency.

In 2016, Fáilte Ireland has been allocated a total of €57.217m under Subhead E3 (€26.605m for pay and pensions; €29.812m for non-pay/programme; and €0.8m capital); €9.947m under Subhead E5; and €15.515m (including €2.5m carryover) under Subhead E6.