Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
342. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown of all grants made by her Department to tourism bodies and tourism companies in each of the years 2022 and 2023, including the value and reason for each grant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10157/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy role and that of my Department in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development and in securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in implementing that policy.
Details of the annual funding allocations provided by my Department to Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland are available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and supplementary estimates published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and are available on that Department's website.
Tourism Ireland is funded through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland.
The subheads of relevance to Tourism Ireland are A4, A5 for 2022 and 2023 and additionally A7 for 2023. The subheads of relevance to Fáilte Ireland are A3, A5 and A6 for 2022 and 2023 and additionally A8 for 2023. Further details are available in the Agency Statements for Fáilte Ireland included in the REV under Vote 33.
With regard to specific expenditure by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland from its Exchequer funding allocations, grants provided to tourism companies in 2022 and 2023 are operational matters for both tourism agencies.
Accordingly, I have referred this question to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland for their attention and for direct response to you in relation to grants provided to tourism companies in 2022 and 2023. Please contact my private office if you have not received a reply within ten working days.
