asked the Minister for Education if he will state, for the years ended 31st March, 1956 and 31st March, 1967 and at the latest available date (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
Written Answers. - Indebtedness of State and Semi-State Bodies.
120.
There is no body as envisaged in the Deputy's question under the jurisdiction of my Department.
121.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state for the years ended 31st March, 1956 and 31st March, 1967 and at the latest available date (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
The only body in question under the jurisdiction of my Department is the Board for Employment of the Blind.
The total debt of the Board is £55,000, a mortgage loan secured towards the purchase of the Board's premises at Ardee Road, Rathmines.
This loan, effective from 8th December, 1966, is repayable over a period of 35 years in six-monthly instalments made up of a proportion of the repayment of principal, and a proportion of the accrued compound interest at 7 per cent. per annum.
The Board was not formed until 1957.
122.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state, for the years ended 31st March, 1956, and 31st March, 1967, and at the latest available date (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
The information is as follows:
(a) Total debt for years ended 31st March, 1956—nil; 31st March, 1967 —figures not available; at latest dates available—£7,970,467 12s 8d.
(b) Cost of servicing the debt, 31st March, 1956—nil; 31st March, 1967 —figures not available; at latest dates available—£1,355,411 12s 3d.
123.
asked the Minister for Health if he will state for the years ended 31st March, 1956 and 31st March, 1967 and the latest available date, (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
As stated in my reply on 31st January, 1968 to a similar question, the bodies with which I am concerned receive support in the form of grant from my Department, and, except by way of temporary bank overdraft, the question of borrowing does not arise.
124.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state, for the years ended 31st March, 1956 and 31st March, 1967 and the latest available date, (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
There are now no State or semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Lands.
125.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if he will state, for the years ended 31st March, 1956 and 31st March, 1967 and at the latest available date, (a) the total debt of all State and semi-State bodies under the jurisdiction of his Department and (b) the cost of servicing the debt.
Mar fhreagra ar cheist de chuid an Teachta ar 31 Eanáir, 1968, tugadh na sonraí a bhain le Gaeltarra Éireann ar 31 Márta, 1967, agus le hArramara Teoranta ar 30 Meán Fómhair, 1966, agus níor foilsíodh eolas níos déanaí ná sin go fóill. Ní raibh Gaeltarra Éireann bunaithe ar 31 Márta, 1956. Ar an dáta sin ní raibh aon fhiacha caipitil ar Arramara Teoranta ach amháin scaireanna a raibh luach £29,000 díobh ar an Stát agus luach £7,000 ag comhlacht eile.