Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responsibility of his Department for recording and monitoring passengers entering Ireland; the role his Department plays in the passenger locator form and follow-up calls to passengers; the number and grade of staff allocated for this specific purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Staff in the Aviation Sector gather statistics in relation to passengers through State Airports. The Department of Transport plays no role in relation to the monitoring or the follow up calls regarding the passenger locator form, which is overseen by the Department of Health. The Department of Transport engages with carriers, airports and ports in relation to raising awareness among passengers of this mandatory requirement.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving here on a weekly basis from 1 August 2020 by country, including seaports and airports, in tabular form. [23918/20]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons travelling to and from the green list countries on a daily basis since 1 August 2020 by country, including seaports and airports, in tabular form. [23919/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together.

Statistics on passengers arriving into Ireland through State Airports by country of departure are compiled on a weekly basis.

Statistics on the countries of departure for passengers arriving into Ireland’s State Airports from overseas destinations from the week ending 2nd August to the week ending 6th September are set out in the tables below. Transfer passengers are not included in the arrivals statistics for airports as Ireland is not the final destination for these passengers who do not leave the airport before travelling onwards. A breakdown of arrivals into Ireland of Irish residents returning home or foreign residents visiting Ireland is not available. All statistics set out below are provisional figures provided by the airport and are subject to change.

Statistics on the destination countries for passengers departing from Dublin and Cork Airports from the week ending 2nd August to the week ending 6th September 2020 are set out in the tables below. Figures do not include transfer passengers.

Passengers Departing to Overseas Destinations through Dublin Airport

Departures to Overseas Destinations through Cork Airport

A breakdown of passengers departing to destinations overseas from Shannon Airport is not currently available. The below table shows total passengers departing through Shannon Airport each week from 27th July to 6th September. Figures do not include transfer passengers.

Total Passenger Departures Through Shannon Airport

In relation to ports, passenger numbers by specific country of departure through Ireland’s ports are not currently available. None of the ferries that provide travel to and from Ireland serve any of the locations on the Green List. The Department does not have the level of detail requested by the Deputy with regard to passengers departing and arriving by sSea. The Irish Maritime Development Office has been providing statistics since the start of the COVID crisis in April on the number of Passengers arriving and Departing on a weekly basis by Corridor. The latest figures available for passengers for August up to 6 September are detailed in the table below. Please note that these figures account for passengers both arriving into and departing from Ireland’s ports.

Passengers Arriving into and Departing from Ireland's Ports

The Central corridor accounts for services to/from the port of Dublin to Great Britain. This includes sailings to Holyhead by Irish Ferries and Stena Line; to Liverpool by P&O Ferries and Seatruck Ferries; and to Heysham by Seatruck. The Southern corridor includes routes to/from Rosslare- to Fishguard by Stena Line and Rosslare to Pembroke by Irish Ferries. The Continental corridor covers all direct services to/from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain from Dublin, Rosslare and Cork. Passenger services operate between Rosslare and France and Spain and between Cork and France.