Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
152. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers arriving into each airport in Ireland on a weekly basis since 1 January 2021 by country of original departure in tabular form and not country of last departure as is listed in the weekly aviation statistics. [11816/21]
View answer168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if a consideration will be given to publishing international arrivals from category 2 designated states based on the original country of departure in the weekly aviation statistics in the interests of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 168 together.
The statistics compiled by my Department are published and available on the Department's website.
The Statistics are gathered with the assistance of the Airport Authorities, who have no power or jurisdiction to gather data on passenger movements. The Aviation statistics only take account of the passengers arriving on direct flights and do not and cannot gather data on passengers and their original point of departure.
The Deputy may be aware that in filling out the passenger locator form which is a requirement for entering the State, passengers are requested to provide information on their country of departure and all countries visited in the past 14 days. The Department of Health is the data controller in relation to this form.
