Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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384. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated to tourism agencies for the years 2019 to 2023; the total allocated for spend on tourism in Cork county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29733/24]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The total funding allocated to the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in the years in question is as follows:

2019 - €173.9 million

2020 – €182.6 million

2021 – €219.1 million

2022 - €287.4 million

2023 - €228.2 million

It is important to note that neither my Department nor Fáilte Ireland allocate funding on a county-by-county basis. Development monies are instead informed by destination development priorities identified in Fáilte Ireland’s Destination and Experience Development Plans and guided by Regional Tourism Development Strategies. The needs in a particular county will depend on the level of destination maturity of the area, i.e. the number of tourism businesses, maturity of product base, access into the county and other visitor-facing infrastructure on the ground.