Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28862/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Details of the annual funding allocations provided to Fáilte Ireland by my Department in each of the years 2023 and 2024 are set out in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and supplementary estimates published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and are available on their website.

The subheads of relevance to Fáilte Ireland are A.3, A.5, A.6 and A.8 Further details are available in the Agency Statements for Fáilte Ireland included in the REV under Vote 33.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28863/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Details of the Exchequer funding allocated to Tourism Ireland by my Department in 2023 and 2024 are available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and supplementary estimates published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and are available on their website.

The subheads of relevance to Tourism Ireland are A4 and A5 for 2023 and 2024 and additionally A7 for 2023.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proportion of the annual tourism budget which is spent on research and development of the tourism product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28865/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.

The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.