Written answers
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Tourism Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cruise liners that have visited each port in Ireland in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/23]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of cruise ships that have visited and berthed at individual ports in Ireland in the last ten years is set out in the following table:
| Irish Ports | Statistic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantry Bay | Cruise Ships Visits | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Castletownbere | Cruise Ships Visits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dun Laoghaire | Cruise Ships Visits | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 65 |
| Dublin | Cruise Ships Visits | 100 | 86 | 93 | 109 | 127 | 150 | 158 | 23 |
| Shannon Foynes | Cruise Ships Visits | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Galway | Cruise Ships Visits | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| Killybegs | Cruise Ships Visits | 6 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 21 |
| Cork | Cruise Ships Visits | 64 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 68 | 93 | 100 | 81 |
| Tralee Fenit | Cruise Ships Visits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford | Cruise Ships Visits | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 24 |
There was a complete cessation of cruise visits to Ireland in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Further statistics in relation to cruise are available on the CSO website at: data.cso.ie/.
Cruise visits to ports are a day-to-day operational matter for the individual port companies, with commercial arrangements being made directly between the port company and the cruise company. Enquiries in relation to whether a port can accommodate a particular cruise ship visit must be made directly by the cruise company to the individual port concerned.
The schedules for upcoming cruise visits are published on the individual port websites.
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