Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual visitor numbers at the County Donegal locations under the care of the OPW which are staffed to accomodate the public. [16072/18]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on an annual basis on each OPW site which are either tourist attractions or open to the public. [16073/18]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department budgets annually for the maintenance and promotion of Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal. [16074/18]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 to 301, inclusive, together.

The visitor admissions in 2017 at staffed (ie: Guided) sites in Co. Donegal operated by the Office of Public Works were as follows:

*These are provisional figures and are subject to confirmatory audit.

Funding for the upkeep of Heritage estate in State care is provided through the Vote of the Office of Public Works, and OPW maintains in excess of 1,000 structures on approx. 780 sites nationwide. 70 of these locations are open as visitor attractions on either a fulltime or seasonal basis and a considerable number of the remainder are available as open sites where the public can freely visit but where specific visitor facilities are not in place. Funds within the Vote are not generally allocated on a County basis but are held as a general resource to meet requirements on an as needed, nationwide basis. Funds allocated for this estate in 2018 are as follows:

The outturn on these Subheads for 2017 was:

Funds within the Vote in respect of National Monuments are not allocated on a site basis but are held as a general resource to meet any requirements arising; on that basis, spending on the Grianán an Aileach site in 2017 totalled €34,036.36, including wages for Caretaking and maintenance charges.