Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 May 2017
310. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [20916/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra311. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to tourism bodies annually in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [20917/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 311 together.
The breakdown of the total Exchequer provision for tourism services from my Department's vote is available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for Public Services, which is published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and available on that Department's website.
Information in relation to the tourism agencies' income and expenditure in the years up to 2016 is available in their published Annual Reports and Accounts. The 2016 Annual Reports and Accounts will be published later this year.
Of the overall annual Exchequer allocation to the tourism agencies for 2017, the amount of funding provided by my Department to Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland by end-April totals €28.097 million. The breakdown by subhead of these allocations to end-April is as follows:-
- E3 (Fáilte Ireland): €9.962 million
- E4 (Tourism Ireland - grant for administration and general expenses): €5.49 million
- E5 (Tourism Marketing Fund): €12.645 million (split €11.55 million for Tourism Ireland and €1.095 million for Fáilte Ireland).
