asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the projects and the amount spent on each, which required the advances to the Irish Tourist Board of £407,000, to which reference was made in the Budget Statement.
Written Answer to Question. - Tourist Board Advances.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:—
IRISH TOURIST BOARD
|
Project |
Amount Expended |
|||
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
||
|
Ardmore, County Waterford. |
Purchase of Irish College and its reconstruction |
4,718 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ballynahinch, Connemara. |
Purchase of Ballynahinch Castle and estate and conversion of Castle into a hotel. |
36,003 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bundoran, County Donegal. |
Acquisitions and development |
14,330 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cobh |
Purchase and rehabilitation of Commodore Hotel |
12,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Courtown, County Wexford. |
Acquisition of Courtown Estate and houses. Conversion of latter into hotels and site development. |
22,075 |
0 |
0 |
|
Furbo, County Galway |
Purchase of Furbo House (and lands) for conversion into a hotel. |
8,216 |
0 |
0 |
|
Garryvoe, County Cork. |
Loan to Gaedhealtachas, Teo. |
2,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
Killarney, County Kerry. |
Purchase of Royal Victoria Hotel and lands |
4,128 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. |
Purchase of Queen's Hotel and its conversion into a first class hotel with Hydro amenities. |
25,800 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. |
Loan to Lisdoonvarna and Rooska Spa Wells Trust for improvement of spa properties and extinguishing existing liabilities. |
6,700 |
0 |
0 |
|
Portmarnock, County Dublin |
Acquisition of St. Marnock's House and its conversion into a hotel. |
35,982 |
10 |
0 |
|
Hotel storage |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Recess, Connemara. |
Purchase of Recess Fisheries |
17,350 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tramore, County Waterford. |
Acquisition of sites and properties. Preliminary Development work. Construction of Swimming Pool, Baths and restaurant. |
80,116 |
0 |
0 |
|
Youghal, County Cork. |
Purchase of site |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Termonfeckin, County Louth. |
Purchase and reconstruction of Newtown House for use as a hotel. |
33,246 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lea House, Pembroke Road, Dublin. |
Purchase of house for office accommodation, furnishing and equipping. |
10,950 |
0 |
0 |
|
GENERAL |
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|
Furnishing and equipping of the Board's Hotels |
69,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Provisioning ,, ,, ,, |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Fuel for Hotels |
2,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Payment of charges on Board's Hotels, Rates, Insurance, etc. |
8,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Consultants' Fees |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Hire Purchase of staff cars |
1,600 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Transportation and re-erection of Nissen Huts |
600 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
TOTAL |
407,814 |
10 |
0 |
The Dáil adjourned at 10.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 19th May, 1948.