With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 10 together.
The proposed extensions to Dublin Port involving a total estimated expenditure of £2½ million will be selfsupporting and financed by the Port and Docks Board from their own resources without any assistance from the State. The extensions are intended to meet the requirements of new and expanding trade as envisaged in the Second Programme for Economic Expansion. I am satisfied that the Dublin Port and Docks Board have had regard to the criteria set out in the Second Economic Programme in drawing up their proposals.