asked the Minister for Agriculture (i) if he will furnish particulars of properties under the control of the Dairy Disposals Company, Limited, which have been sold or let during the past five years; (ii) the prices paid or the rents charged for same; (iii) the names and addresses of the person or persons to whom they were sold or let; (iv) the purpose for which they were required; (v) the dates of such transactions, and if his sanction was obtained; and (vi) whether the board's intention to sell or let those properties was conveyed to the public by notice in the Press or otherwise.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dairy Disposals Company, Limited—Properties.
The information asked for has been prepared in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have published in the Official Report.
DAIRY DISPOSAL COMPANY, LTD., AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES.
DETAILS OF PROPERTIES SOLD OR LET SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 1944.
Item |
Description of Property let or sold |
Name and Address of person to whom property was let or sold |
Consideration or terms of letting |
Date |
Purpose for which the Properties were required |
1 |
Newmarket Creamery Group comprising premises, plant, milk supply and goodwill of Newmarket Central Creamery and six Separating Stations. |
Newmarket Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Newmarket, Co. Cork. |
£16,000 |
1st September, 1944. |
To carry on a creamery business. |
2 |
Motor vehicles attached to Newmarket Creamery Group. |
Newmarket Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Newmarket, Co. Cork. |
£275 |
do. |
|
3 |
Shop and plot of land at Shinaugh, Co. Cork |
Mr. Bartholomew O'Donovan,Shinaugh, Co. Cork. |
100 years at 10/- per annum |
9th December, 1944. |
No information available |
4 |
Premises, plant, milk supply and goodwill of Caztletownconyore Separating Station. |
Ballyagran Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Ballyagran, Rathluirc, Co. Limerick. |
£2,300 |
1st April, 1945. |
To carry on the business of cream-separating station. |
5 |
Premises, plant, milk supply and goodwill of Kilbrittain and Timoleague Separating Stations. |
Barryree Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Lislevane, Timoleague, Co. Cork. |
£4,000 |
do. |
do. |
6 |
Premises, plant, milk supply and goodwill of Naulbrack Separating Station. |
Bandon Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Bandon, Co. Cork. |
£1,100 |
do. |
do. |
7 |
Kilmallock redundant building (formerly Kilmallock Central Creamery). |
Kilmallock Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. |
£1,300 |
do. |
No information available. |
8 |
Ballinascarthy redundant building (formerly Ballinascarthy Central Creamery). |
Lisavaird Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Lisavaird, Clonakilty, Co. Cork. |
£1,750 |
do. |
|
9 |
Premises, plant, milk supply and goodwill of Derrygros Separating Station. |
Drinagh Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.,Drinagh, Dunmanway, Co. Cork. |
£1,200 |
1st July, 1945. |
To carry on the business of a cream-separating station. |
10 |
Store at Ilea Street, Skibbereen |
J. J. Daly & Co., Ltd.,Skibbereen, Co. Cork. |
£3,250 |
1st May, 1946 |
No information available. |
11 |
House and plot of land at Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry. |
Mr. T. McEllistrum,Ahane, Ballymacelligott. |
999 years at 1/- per annum.Fine £125 |
1st March, 1947. |
|
12 |
Dwelling house at Limerick |
Mr. James O'Connell(employee of Condensed Milk Co. (1928), Ltd.). |
By virtue of his employment— free of rent. |
13th January, 1948. |
This is a dwellinghouse owned by the Company in the occupation of an employee, such occupancy to last only as long as the tenant remains in the employment of the Company. |
13 |
Corran redundant building (formerly Corran Separating Station). |
Mr. Ellis Wilson,Corran, Co. Cork. |
£10 |
1st October, 1948. |
No information available. |
14 |
Maultrahane redundant building (formerly Maultrahane Separating Station). |
Drinagh Co-operative Creamery, Ltd.Drinagh, Dunmanway, Co. Cork. |
£100 |
1st November, 1948. |
|
15 |
Dwellinghouse at Limerick |
Mr. Ignatius Lenihan,(employee of Condensed Milk Co. (1928), Ltd.). |
By virtue of his employment— £52 per annum. |
10th February, 1948. |
This is a dwellinghouse occupied by an employee of the Company, such occupancy to last only so long as the tenant remains in the employment of the Company. |
The sanction of the Ministers for Agriculture and Finance was obtained for the sale of the Newmarket Creamery Group including premises, plant, milk supply, motor vehicles, etc., to the Newmarket Co-operative Creameries, Ltd. (Items Nos. 1 and 2).
Items Nos. 3, 11, 12 and 15 represent small sales or lettings which arose in the ordinary course of business in respect of which specific sanction from the Minister for Agriculture or the Minister for Finance was not necessary.
The remaining sales (Items Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14) were part of the general reorganisation of the creamery industry in the area in which the Irish Butter and Exporters' Association, Ltd., formerly operated, some of the properties being sold as going concerns and some as redundant properties. This reorganisation was undertaken by the Company at the direction of the Minister for Agriculture.
The Company did not convey to the public, by notice in the press or otherwise, the intention to sell or let these properties as the transactions were not of general public interest. In each case the Company was in touch with prospective purchasers or tenants and the Company is satisfied that the maximum amount possible was realised.
All the transactions set out above were completed by private treaty.