asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if any industrialist has been selected by the IDA for the advance factory built at Ballinrobe, County Mayo.
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As already announced, a firm called G. W. Abrasives Ltd., will occupy the advance factory in Ballinrobe. They expect to commence production shortly and, I understand, will employ 34 at full production.
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asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if the IDA have any proposals to build a factory at Bangor Erris, County Mayo.
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asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if the IDA have any proposals to build a factory at Keel, Achill, County Mayo.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 23 and 24 together.
In the Industrial Development Authority's regional industrial plans 1973-77, Bangor and Keel have been grouped together and assigned a target of 50 jobs in manufacturing industry.
While I understand that the Industrial Development Authority have no industrial proposals at the moment for Keel, they are negotiating with Mayo County Council for the purchase of a site of almost four acres in Bangor for industrial development.
Three major projects are being considered for the Ballina-Killala area and, if negotiations are successful, they should be of considerable benefit to the region generally.