235 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009, or for a part of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2233/10]

The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism provides four websites and the following are the details for each:

1.Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism website

Website address: www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie

Annual maintenance cost in 2009: €4,839.25

No. of unique visits in 2009: 131,271

unique visitors and 3,947,058 hits

2.National Archives of Ireland website and 1911 Census Search facility

Website address: www.nationalarchives.ie

Annual maintenance cost in 2009: €49,175

No. of unique visits in 2009: 3,966,337

unique visitors and 187,423,403 hits

3.Irish Genealogy website and the Church Records Search facility

Website address: www.irishgenealogy.ie

Annual maintenance cost in 2009: €3,831.50

No. of unique visits in 2009: 100,957

unique visitors and 4,667,216 hits

4.Culture Ireland website

Website address: www.cultureireland.gov.ie

Annual maintenance cost in 2009: €9,483.50

The number of unique visits in 2009 to the Culture Ireland website is not currently available but will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course.