I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 295 together.
The Office of Public Works is responsible for six Visitor sites in Co. Cork. The expenditure associated with each of these sites in 2013 and 2014 is as follows:
Site
|
Year
|
Conservation Works and Maintenance (incl staff costs) €
|
Utilities and running costs €
|
Guide costs €
|
Total
|
Barryscourt Castle
|
2014:
2013:
|
117,850
98,495
|
11,634
5,178
|
45,778
43,690
|
175,262
147,363
|
Charlesfort
|
2014:
2013:
|
317,239
272,176
|
16,592
17,275
|
216,964
201,124
|
550,795
490,575
|
Desmond Castle
|
2014:
2013:
|
18,950
19,302
|
2,745
4,080
|
55,386
56,273
|
77,081
79,655
|
Garinish Island
|
2014:
2013:
|
375,729.22
410,001.93
|
59,475
62,499
|
294,519
303,417
|
729,723
775,917
|
Doneraile Park
|
2014:
2013:
|
387,787.00
371,600.00
|
#330,435
151,000
|
No Guide Service
|
718,222
522,600
|
Fota House & Gardens
|
2014:
2013:
|
207,626
345,032
|
46,967
52,979
|
*No OPW Guide Service
|
254,539
398,012
|
# Includes exceptional costs of storm damage.
* Presentation and Guide Service is managed separately by the Irish Heritage Trust.
The OPW does not market individual sites directly and all marketing and promotional activity is carried out in respect of the Heritage estate as a whole; marketing expenditure on individual sites is therefore not available.
In total, there are 56 National Monuments in State care in Co. Cork which are managed by the OPW, including the three first named above. Maintenance expenditure in relation to these sites is not identified separately but is included in the overall spend of the OPW's Mallow National Monuments Depot.