Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

National Archives

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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473. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons that have visited the National Archives in each of the past five years. [37420/16]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table shows visitor numbers to the National Archives from 2011-2015. The figures are published in the Director’s Annual Reports on www.nationalarchives.ie.

It may be noted that the National Archives continues to see growth in online visitors to its archival resources and this far exceeds footfall to the Reading Room. For example, in 2015 over 6,000 people visited the National Archives websites every day, compared with an average of 50 physical visits per day.

Year Number of Visitors
2011 12,800
2012 12,700
2013 12,300
2014 14,854
2015 12,365

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