Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2018
161. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have visited a location (details supplied) in County Meath in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [51824/18]
View answerPlease see the table, which summarises the position at Loughcrew for each of the years requested.
Since 2017, the Office of Public Works has installed a footfall counter which measures the number of visitors at the site in general. Separately, the number of visitors who have specifically requested a key to visit the interior of the Monument itself is also recorded. It can be assumed therefore that visitors to the Monument are included in the overall total.
|
Year |
Visitors to monument |
Total visitors on ground (footfall counter) |
|
2018 (to 30/08/18) |
17,401 |
43,238 |
|
(Site closed for works) |
||
|
2017 (footfall counter |
17,078 |
44,922 |
|
introduced in 2017) |
||
|
2016 |
16,337 |
- |
|
2015 |
14,416 |
- |
