asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce (a) what amount in grants was made available to industries set up in the Dublin area over the past three years and (b) what industries in the Dublin area were allocated grants by the IDA over the last three years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Industrial Grants.
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Grants to industries set up in the Dublin area during the three years ended 31st March, 1970.
(a) Industrial grants totalling £6,821,991 were approved for new enterprises (including expansions to existing concerns) which commenced production in the Dublin area over the three years specified above.
(b) Details of these enterprises are as follows:—
|
Name of Firm |
Location |
Product |
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1. Portion Foods Ltd. |
Coolock, Dublin |
Prepared Meat Products. |
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2. Wavin Pipes Ltd. (Expansion) |
Balbriggan, County Dublin |
PVC pipes and fittings. |
|
3. P.C. Henderson (Ireland) Ltd. |
Tallaght, Dublin |
Sliding door gears, light overhead runways, etc. |
|
4. Tayto Ltd. (Expansion) |
Coolock, Dublin |
Snack foods and flavourings. |
|
5. Kilgobbin Mink and Stud Farms |
Sandyford, County Dublin |
Mink farming. |
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6. International Chemical Products Ltd. |
Glasnevin Industrial Estate, Dublin |
Polyester paste fillers, etc. |
|
7. Technicon (Ireland) Ltd. (Expansion) |
Swords, County Dublin |
Cabinets, parts, and accessories for instruments for automated chemical analysis. |
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8. Tectonics Research (Ireland) Ltd. |
Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin |
Experimental engines and engineering design work and compressors. |
|
9. Linson Ltd. (Expansion) |
Swords, Co. Dublin |
Pharmaceutical products. |
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10. Plessey (Ireland) Ltd. |
Swords, Co. Dublin |
Test sets for maintenance and fault location in circuits used in automatic telephone exchanges. |
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11. Moorcraft (Ireland) Ltd. (Closed 1970) |
Glasnevin, Dublin |
Knitted headwear and infants' outerwear. |
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12. Industrial Electronics Ltd. |
Dublin |
Electronic control units. |
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13. Aran Trailers Ltd. |
Naas Road, Dublin |
Trailers and semi-trailers. |
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14. Toolmaking Co. Ltd. |
Dublin |
Tools and moulds. |
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15. Core Memories Ltd. (Expansion) |
Coolock, Dublin |
Memory cores stacks and systems for computers. |
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16. Coburn Engineers (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin Industrial Estate, Finglas |
Sliding doors, folding doors, etc. |
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17. Telectron Ltd. (Expansion) |
Tallaght, Dublin |
Electronic communications equipment. |
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18. Beechlawn Knitting Mills Ltd. (Expansion) |
Walkinstown, Dublin |
Warp knitted nylon and terylene fabrics in various widths. |
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19. Semperit (Ireland) Ltd. |
Ballyfermot |
Car tyres. |
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20. Bearcat Tyre Ltd. |
Tallaght Industrial Estate |
(1) Industrial tyres. (2) Steel bands for industrial tyres. |
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21. Creation Printing Co. Ltd. (Expansion) |
Botanic Road Industrial Estate, Glasnevin |
Colour printing of magazines. |
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22. Webster Hardware International Ltd., Dublin |
Santry, Dublin |
Doors, locks and window fasterners. |
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23. Spray and Burgass (Eire) Ltd. |
Walkinstown |
Dyeing and finishing. |
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24. Vik Plastics Ltd. |
Swords, Dublin |
Flexible PVC compounds. |
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25. Becton Dickinson & Co. Ltd. (includes Drogheda expansion) |
Dún Laoghaire Industrial Estate. |
Disposable hypodermic needles and syringes. |
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26. Roadstone Ltd. |
Naas Road, Dublin |
Re-inforced concrete pipes. |
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27. Brunswick C.P. Ltd. |
Cabra West |
(1) Fibreglass boats. (2) Golf bags. |