John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual worth to the economy on an individual basis by sector of the various sectors directly and indirectly associated with tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2919/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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There is no single indicator in national accounts data, as published by the CSO, which determines the annual worth of tourism to Ireland in economic terms and, therefore, no sectoral breakdown. Fáilte Ireland does estimate a figure for total tourism revenue using data from the CSO and some other sources and this is available on the agency's website. For ease of reference, the total revenue figure published by Fáilte Ireland for 2016 was €8.389 billion. Of this, €6.613 billion arose from foreign exchange earnings (including carrier fares) and €1.776 billion from domestic sources. Figures for 2017 are yet to be published.

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of GDP directly and indirectly accounted for by tourism respectively in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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There is no single indicator in national accounts data, as published by the CSO, which determines the annual worth of tourism to Ireland in economic terms. Fáilte Ireland does estimate a figure for total tourism revenue using data from the CSO and some other sources and this is available on the agency's website. Outlined below is the total revenue figure published by Fáilte Ireland for years 2011-2016, the GDP for the respective years as published by the CSO, and the percentage of GDP accounted for by tourism (based on Fáilte Ireland's estimation). Figures for 2017 are not yet available.