Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall annual cost of managing, maintaining and staffing the total number of national monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48710/22]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Public Works is a lead agency in the areas of conservation, preservation and presentation of cultural and heritage properties and is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, operation andpresentation of National Monuments and Historic Properties in State care. There are 780 National Monuments in the care of the OPW with Visitor services provided at in excess of 70 sites either directly by OPW or in cooperation with local partners.

The overall annual cost of managing, maintaining and staffing all of the National Monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to 30 September 2022 is set out in the table below.

Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated from visitor entrance fees at national monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48711/22]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The total revenue generated from visitor entrance fees at heritage sites managed by the OPW in 2019, 2020, 2021 and up to 31 August in 2022 is shown in the table below. A small number of sites do not have an admission charge. In response to Covid 19, the admission charges at many sites were waived during 2020 and 2021 to support the national tourism recovery agenda.