Questions to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Mr. Brendan Howlin, TD)
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding his Department and agencies-bodies under his remit, the amount of money spent on an annual basis on maintaining, marketing, promoting and staffing tourist/visitor attractions in County Cork – Jerry Buttimer
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent on an annual basis by the Office of Public Works on maintaining, marketing, promoting and staffing tourist and visitor attractions in County Cork. – Jerry Buttimer
For WRITTEN ANSWERS on Tuesday, 31 March 2015.
REPLY
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 (inc l staff costs) € |
Utilities and Running Costs € |
Guide Costs € |
Total Costs € |
|
Barryscourt Castle |
2014 | 117,850 | 11,634 | 45,778 | 175,262 |
|
|
2013 | 98,495 | 5,178 | 43,690 | 147,363 |
|
Charlesfort |
2014 | 317,239 | 16,592 | 216,964 | 550,795 |
|
|
2013 | 272,176 | 17,275 | 201,124 | 490,575 |
|
Desmond Castle |
2014 | 18,950 | 2,745 | 55,386 | 77,081 |
|
|
2013 | 19,302 | 4,080 | 56,273 | 79,655 |
|
Garinish Island |
2014 | 375,729.22 | 59,475 | 294,519 | 729,723 |
|
|
2013 | 410,001.93 | 62,499 | 303,417 | 775,917 |
|
Doneraile Park |
2014 | 387,787.00 | 330,435# | No Guide Service | 718,222 |
|
|
2013 | 371,600.00 | 151,000 | 522,600 | |
|
Fota House & Gardens |
2014 | 207,626 | 46,967 | No Guide Service | 254,539 |
|
|
2013 | 345,032 | 52,979 | 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.