Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis from 26 October 2020 by country of departure including seaports and airports in tabular form. [43467/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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 and number of passengers arriving into the State Airports from overseas destinations from the 26^ThOctober – 6^thDecember 2020 inclusive 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. All statistics set out below are provisional figures provided by the airport and are subject to change:

Arrivals through Dublin Airport

Arrivals through Cork Airport

Arrivals through Shannon Airport

In relation to seaports, the Department does not have the level of detail requested by the Deputy with regard to passengers departing and arriving by Sea. 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 from 26th October through to the 6th December are detailed in the table below. Please note that these figures account for passengers both arriving 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 and Rosslare. Passenger services go to/from Rosslare to France and Spain.