asked the Minister for Lands the price paid to the liquidator for the fish meal factory at Killybegs, County Donegal, by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara, and the revised leasing terms to the new operator, I.P. Thompson; what subsidy, if any, operated on raw material purchased by (a) Atlantic Fish Industries and (b) I.P. Thompson; and if he will state the amount of freight subsidy paid out to date in each case on fish purchased for fish meal.
Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers. - Killybegs Fish Meal Factory.
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The price paid by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara for this factory was £35,000. It is not the practice to disclose the terms of a lease to a private firm. Raw material for the factory has not been subsidised at any stage.
In reply to a Question by Deputy Treacy on 8th November (column 869) I outlined the arrangement for payment of the cost of transporting fish to a fish meal factory. That arrangement was made on the recommendation of the advisory committee in connection with the Fishing Industry Development Fund from which the cost is defrayed; it applies to any fish meal factory to which the fishermen wish to sell and is, of course, for the benefit of the fishermen rather than the factory.