Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2023
246. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total revenue resulting from charges on admission to monuments and heritage sites by the Office of Public Works in each of the past ten years. [26032/23]
View answerA breakdown is provided below in relation to the revenue generated through visitor entrance fees to OPW heritage sites from 2012 to 2022, in tabular form.
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
Total |
€ 6,344,332 |
€ 6,383,079 |
€ 7,152,412 |
€ 8,625,638 |
€ 9,817,840 |
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
€ 12,965,401 |
€ 11,517,744 |
€ 10,952,684 |
€ 1,377,040 |
€ 15,931 |
€ 10,299,870 |
It should be noted that in 2020 and 2021, in order to support the domestic tourism economy during the Covid-19 pandemic, and in line with other Government policy, the OPW offered free admission to all national heritage sites which resulted in significantly lowered income figures in these years.
