John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department interacts with the private sector to obtain tourism statistics; if there is a continuous flow of information from the private sector to his Department in relation to tourism statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52176/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Officials in my Department make use of tourism statistics from a wide variety of sources to inform tourism policy analysis. Apart from the statistics produced by the CSO, as well as other sources such as the tourism agencies and international bodies, officials also monitor publications from the tourism industry on a continuous basis for information, statistical or otherwise, which may be of relevance to tourism policy.