asked the Minister for Finance if he will state in respect of each publicly owned corporation (e.g., the Electricity Supply Board, the Currency Commission, etc.), the total moneys under their control and invested; the sum in each case invested in foreign securities and the nature of such securities; the nominal value of the securities and their market value reckoned at the price at which they were quoted at March 31st (or the nearest date for which the information is available) in each of the years 1939, 1940 and 1941.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Corporations' Investments.
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to a similar question by him on the 22nd November, 1939.
Arising out of the Minister's reply, I may say that on that occasion I did not get any information whatsoever. Am I to understand that the same thing applies now?
I think the Deputy will get at least as much to-day.
Well, that reply indicates to me now that the £ is more powerful than the people.