asked the Taoiseach if he will state the amount of the capital losses involved in the disposal of external assets in 1955 and 1956.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Disposal of External Assets.
On the information available to the Central Statistics Office for Balance of Payments purposes, the particulars sought by the Deputy cannot be separately distinguished from adjustments in respect of revaluation of holdings and, as I indicated in my reply to Deputy Costello on 21 May, 1957, even the combined figures available cannot be given without disclosing information which was supplied on a confidential basis.