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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Jun 1955

Vol. 151 No. 11

Written Answers. - Office of Public Works Plant.

asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the numbers and latest cost per item of any categories of engineering plant and machinery held by the Office of Public Works, other than those set out in the first column of his reply of 14th June, 1955.

The required information is as follows. Some miscellaneous items of minor importance have not been included:—

Category

Item

Number

Latest Cost per Item

£

Excavators

Ruston 10RB

24

2,683

Ruston 43RB

6

8,508

Lima 1201

2

30,000

Marion 111M

2

42,932

Light Transport

Ford 15-cwt. Vans

3

497

Willys Overland Station Wagons

5

695

Bedford do.

12

567

Vanguard do.

1

745

Willys Overland 1-ton Trucks

23

789

Rover Land Rovers

8

752

Heavy Transport

Ford 5-ton Trucks

4

1,345

Ford 5-ton Tippers

2

1,462

Morris Commercial 5-ton Trucks

2

1,095

Morris Commercial 5-ton Tippers

3

1,175

Leyland 7-ton Coments

4

2,102

Leyland 10-ton Beaver

1

2,174

Foden 50-ton Tractor

1

3,950

Foden 100-ton Tractor

1

8,639

Marshall Tractors

4

950

Crane 25-ton Trailer

1

1,742

Dyson 45-ton Trailer

1

12,212

Crane 6-ton Trailers

5

370

Austin 3-ton Trucks

6

1,225

Mobile Cranes

Smith 12-ton

1

6,600

Neals 2-ton

1

2,037

Pumps

Sykes 8''

3

1,445

Floating Plant

Ellicott Suction Dredger

1

25,435

Ellicott Works Boat

1

3,707

Viking Aluminium Dinghies

10

74

Hickey Fuel Boat

1

400

Railway Plant

Ruston Hornsby 3½-ton Locomotives

2

1,035

Hudson 1 cu. yd. Tip Wagons

48

35

Locospoor ½ cu. yd. Tub Wagons

24

23

Miscellaneous

Goodwin Gravel Washer

1

275

Box Girder Bridges

2

850

(secondhand)

Sykes Piling Frame

1

3,816

Johnson Piling Frame

1

230

McKiernan-Terry Hammers 9B3

2

788

do. do. 7

1

523

do. do. 5

1

417

do. Rock Breakers 9B3

2

56

do. do. 7

1

47

do. Extractor 5

1

260

Atom Post Hole Digger

1

553

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