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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 2 Nov 1983

Vol. 345 No. 6

Written Answers. - Tourism Revenue.

232.

asked the Taoiseach the receipts from tourism and its benefits to the economy for 1965, 1975 and 1982; and the percentage of GNP these figures represent for each of these years.

The available information is set out in the following table:

Year

Estimated Expenditure of Visitors to Ireland (incl. passenger fare receipts of Irish carriers)

Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

(1) as a percentage of

(1)

(2)

(2)

£ million

%

1965

78

984

7.9

1975

152

3738

4.1

1982

487

11796*

4.1

*Provisional

233.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a £1,000 new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.

The grant will be paid as soon as possible.

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