Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
372. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis from 5 October 2020, by country of departure including seaports and airports in tabular form. [33894/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra376. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers arriving and departing here on a weekly basis from 1 August 2020 to date on 29 October 2020 by country including seaports and airports in tabular form. [33910/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 372 and 376 together.
Statistics on passengers arriving into Ireland through State Airports by country of departure are compiled on a weekly basis.
Statistics on the countries of departure for passengers arriving into Ireland’s State Airports from overseas destinations from the 3rd August to 25th October 2020 inclusive are set out in the tables below. Transfer passengers are not included in the arrivals statistics for airports as Ireland is not the final destination for these passengers who do not leave the airport before travelling onwards. All statistics set out below are provisional figures provided by the airports and are subject to change:
Table 1: Table showing arrival passengers per country of Departure for Dublin Airport.
Table 2: Table showing arrival passengers per country of departure for Cork Airport.
Table 3: Table showing arrival passengers per country of departure for Shannon Airport.
Statistics on the destination countries for passengers departing from Dublin and Cork Airports from the 3rd August to 25th October 2020 inclusive are set out in the tables below. Again, figures do not include transfer passengers:
Table 4: Table showing passengers per country of destination for Dublin Airport.
Table 5: Table showing passengers per country of destination for Cork Airport.
A breakdown of passengers departing to destinations overseas from Shannon Airport is not available. The below table shows the total passengers departing through Shannon Airport each week from the 3rd August to 25th October 2020 inclusive, they do not include transfer passengers:
Table 6: Total passengers departing through Shannon Airport
|
- |
Number of passengers. |
|
3 Aug - 9 Aug 2020 |
2,299 |
|
10 Aug - 16 Aug 2020 |
2,167 |
|
17 Aug - 23 Aug 2020 |
1,815 |
|
24 Aug - 30 Aug 2020 |
1,785 |
|
31 Aug - 6 Sep 2020 |
1,522 |
|
7 Sep - 13 Sep 2020 |
1,303 |
|
14 Sep - 20 Sep 2020 |
1,209 |
|
21 Sep - 27 Sep 2020 |
1,380 |
|
28 Sep - 4 Oct 2020 |
1,330 |
|
5 Oct - 11 Oct 2020 |
1,164 |
|
12 Oct - 18 Oct 2020 |
956 |
|
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2020 |
478 |
|
Total |
17,408 |
In relation to ports, passenger numbers by specific country of departure through Ireland’s ports are not currently available. The Department does not have the level of detail requested by the Deputy with regard to passengers departing and arriving by sea. The Irish Maritime Development Office has been providing statistics since the start of the COVID crisis in April on the number of Passengers arriving and departing on a weekly basis by Corridor. The latest figures available for passengers from 3 August through to 25 October are detailed in the table below. Please note that these figures account for passengers both arriving into and departing from Ireland’s ports:
Table 7: Passengers arriving and departing through Ports
|
Central Corridor |
Southern Corridor |
Continental Corridor |
Total Weekly |
|
|
3 Aug - 9 Aug 2020 |
18,277 |
4,787 |
2,150 |
25,214 |
|
10 Aug - 16 Aug 2020 |
19,039 |
5,170 |
2,480 |
26,688 |
|
17 Aug - 23 Aug 2020 |
18,134 |
4,454 |
2,034 |
24,622 |
|
24 Aug - 30 Aug 2020 |
18,627 |
4,712 |
2,134 |
25,474 |
|
31 Aug - 6 Sep 2020 |
14,807 |
3,792 |
1,621 |
20,220 |
|
7 Sep - 13 Sep 2020 |
11,609 |
3,075 |
1,412 |
16,096 |
|
14 Sep - 20 Sep 2020 |
12,207 |
2,942 |
1,185 |
16,334 |
|
21 Sep - 27 Sep 2020 |
10,516 |
2,524 |
1,152 |
14,192 |
|
28 Sep - 4 Oct 2020 |
9,048 |
2,352 |
832 |
12,232 |
|
5 Oct - 11 Oct 2020 |
7,541 |
1,846 |
900 |
10,287 |
|
12 Oct - 18 Oct 2020 |
7,143 |
1,729 |
919 |
9,791 |
|
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2020 |
6,418 |
1,613 |
431 |
8,462 |
The Central corridor accounts for services to/from the port of Dublin to Great Britain. This includes sailings to Holyhead by Irish Ferries and Stena Line; to Liverpool by P&O Ferries and Seatruck Ferries; and to Heysham by Seatruck. The Southern corridor includes routes to/from Rosslare- to Fishguard by Stena Line and Rosslare to Pembroke by Irish Ferries. The Continental corridor covers all direct services to/from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain from Dublin, Rosslare and Cork. Passenger services go to/from Rosslare to France and Spain and from Cork to France.
