Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis since 7 December 2020, by country of departure including seaports and airports in tabular form. [2112/21]

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 for passengers arriving into Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports from overseas destinations from the 7th December – 10thJanuary 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 airports and are subject to change:

In relation to ports, passenger numbers by specific country of departure through Ireland’s ports are not currently available. 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 7 December through to 27 December are detailed in the following table. Please note that these figures account for passengers both arriving in 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 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 go to/from Rosslare to France and Spain and from Cork to France.