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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 October 2022

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Ceisteanna (129)

Kathleen Funchion

Ceist:

129. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that visited Kilkenny Castle in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48786/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Patrick O'Donovan)

In 2021, there were approximately 900,000 visitors to Kilkenny Castle and Parklands of which 141,328 were ticketed visitors to the Castle.

Provisional ticketed visitor numbers to Kilkenny Castle up to end September 2022 are 356,706. Please note that this number has not been fully audited and is subject to change. The number of visitors to the Parklands to date in 2022 is not available. (This is reported once per annum at year-end.)