(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Transport and Power the annual and total disbursements by the State, giving capital grants, revenue grants, loans or any other forms of monetary subvention, to the Irish inland rail and road transport services, such as GSR, CIE, Dublin Tramways, GNR, etc., and to its auxiliary services, such as hotels, canals, etc., from whatever date such contributions began; and the amount of the disbursements which have to date been written off.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - State Contribution to Transport System.
3.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
I. TOTAL State Assistance to CIE up to 31st March, 1964.
|
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
(iv) |
|
|
Year |
Non-repayable grants towards capital expenditure |
Non-repayable grants towards operating losses |
Advances (since treated as non-repayable) to meet interest on stocks |
Recoupment to CIE of cost of redundancy compensation under Section 15 of Transport Act, 1958 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1949-50 |
2,462,369 |
1,628,631 |
— |
— |
|
1950-51 |
— |
980,000 |
433,000 |
— |
|
1951-52 |
— |
1,817,000 |
477,000 |
— |
|
1952-53 |
— |
1,923,000 |
477,000 |
— |
|
1953-54 |
— |
800,000 |
537,000 |
— |
|
1954-55 |
— |
(—829,000) (a) |
602,000 |
— |
|
1955-56 |
— |
— |
707,800 |
— |
|
1956-57 |
1,803,000 |
700,000 |
793,300 |
— |
|
1957-58 |
1,782,412 |
1,467,588 |
793,300 |
— |
|
1958-59 |
1,190,000 |
1,433,000 (b) |
— |
— |
|
1959-60 |
— |
1,175,000 |
— |
144,696 |
|
1960-61 |
— |
1,175,000 |
— |
245,533 |
|
1961-62 |
— |
1,175,000 |
— |
273,523 |
|
1962-63 |
— |
1,175,000 |
— |
238,311 |
|
1963-64 |
— |
1,175,000 |
— |
701,481 |
|
TOTALS |
7,237,781 |
15,795,219 |
4,820,400 |
1,603,544 |
|
£ |
|
|
Total of columns (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) |
29,456,944 |
|
1963-64 Temporary borrowings by CIE from the Minister for Finance under Section 13 of the Transport Act, 1963 |
1,000,000 |
|
Grand Total (CIE) |
30,456,944 |
Note: In addition to the foregoing, under the provisions of the Transport Act, 1958, the State took over as from 1st April, 1959, liability for both the principal and interest of £9,889,083 3% Transport Stock 1955-1960.
(a) refund by CIE of subsidy in respect of years 1952-53 and 1953-54.
(b) included £793,300 to enable CIE to meet interest on stock.
II. TOTAL State Assistance to GNR Board.
|
£ |
|||
|
1. State's share of cost of acquisition of GNR undertaking (Great Northern Railway Act, 1953) |
2,250,000 |
||
|
2. Year ended |
Advances (since treated as non-repayable) towards capital expenditure |
Advances (since treated as non-repayable) towards operating losses |
|
|
£ |
£ |
||
|
30-9-1954 |
196,072 |
207,598 |
|
|
30-9-1955 |
161,628 |
351,952 |
|
|
30-9-1956 |
97,499 |
489,523 |
|
|
30-9-1957 |
227,218 |
389,589 |
|
|
30-9-1958 |
111,435 |
465,748 |
|
|
793,852 |
1,904,410 |
2,698,262 |
|
|
Grand Total (GNR) |
£4,948,262 |
III. TOTAL State Assistance to Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Company
Non-Repayable Grant to meet operating losses
|
Year |
£ |
|
1952-53 |
3,500 |
|
1953-54 |
3,500 |
|
1954-55 |
3,500 |
|
1955-56 |
3,500 |
|
1956-57 |
15,000 |
|
1957-58 |
50,913(c) |
|
TOTAL |
79,913 |
(c) Includes contribution towards cost of cesser pay on closure of railway.