asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the total amount of subsidies paid from public funds to fertiliser manufacturers by way of manufacturing subsidy in each of the years 1963 to 1966; and the amount of subsidy which was paid to Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta in the same period.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Subsidies to Fertiliser Manufacturers.
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A separate manufacturing subsidy has not been paid to fertiliser manufacturers since 1961, when the former manufacturing subsidy and the general phosphate subsidy were consolidated into a single subsidy.
In 1961, the manufacturing subsidy was at the rate of 3/- per unit of water-soluble phosphorus and on this basis the manufacturing subsidy element in the total expenditure on the phosphate subsidy from 1963 to 1966 would be £490,000 in the financial year 1963-64, £547,300 in 1964-65 and £514,900 in 1965-66. Accounts in respect of the fertiliser subsidies are not kept on the basis of calendar years.
No subsidy has been paid to Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta.
There is no preferential treatment for them in any case?
Not really, no.