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asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the names and number of industries that received Government grants or other financial assistance directly from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department during the past five years.
36.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the total sum by way of grants, etc., paid directly by his Department or by bodies under the aegis of his Department to industries over the past five years, giving the names of such industries; and the amount, if any, that has been repaid to the State by all or any one of the industries referred to.
37.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the names and number of industries that have received Government grants, etc., directly from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department during the past five years, which have since gone out of existence.
With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 35, 36 and 37 together.
As the reply is in tabular form, I propose, with the permission of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Purpose of Grant |
Number of Recipients |
Total paid in last five years |
|
£ |
||
|
1. Erection of Grain Stores |
110 |
307,036 |
|
2. Provision of Plant for Pasteurising Skim Milk at Creameries |
110 |
111,671 |
|
3. Modernisation of Bacon Factories |
30 |
277,817 |
|
4. Potato Storage |
3 |
1,062 |
|
5. Subsidy on home-produced superphosphate |
5 |
710,808 |
|
6. Horticultural development |
2 |
12,121 |
NOTES:
(a) None of these grants was repayable.
(b) So far as can be ascertained, none of the recipients which received grants has since gone out of business.
(c) It would not be in accordance with the usual practice to give the names of individual recipients.
