Louise O'Reilly
Question:962. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that arrived in seaports in April 2020. [6927/20]
View answerWednesday, 20 May 2020
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Upon request by my Department the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) have been collecting weekly figures of passenger arrivals and departures through Irish ports since the beginning of April.
These figures are outlined below and represent combined arrival and departure numbers.
On average, there tends to be an even divide between arrival and departure numbers but a precise breakdown will be available from the CSO in the coming weeks.
30th March to 3rd May (5 Weeks)
Central Corridor 8,035
Southern Corridor 1,433
Continental Corridor 3,055
Total 12,523
This represents a 95.6% reduction in passengers numbers on the same weeks last year.
Central corridor (sailings from Dublin to Heysham, Liverpool and Holyhead)
Southern Corridor (sailings from Rosslare to Pembroke and Fishguard)
Continental Corridor (sailings from Ireland to the European Continent)
For the duration of the crisis the CSO will be publishing monthly Air and Sea Travel Statistics. The March figures were released on Wednesday May 13th 2020. This release will publish the total number of persons arriving in Ireland from overseas and departing Ireland for overseas destinations. This information will be broken down by mode (air or sea), route (cross-channel, continental, etc.) and staging country.