Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 30 Jun 1976

Vol. 291 No. 14

Written Answers. - State Bodies Statistics.

146.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for Transport and Power the total number of (1) full-time (2) part-time (at peak) and (3) other employees and the total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and social welfare contributions of the following State bodies: Aerlínte, Aer Lingus, Aer Rianta, B & I Line, Bord na Móna. Bord Gáis, CIE, ESB, Irish Shipping, Bord Fáilte and the Nuclear Energy Bord for each of the last three years for which the information is available.

Minister for Transport and Power (Mr. P. Barry)

The information requested is set out below.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
Aer Lingus/Aer Línte:
(1) Full-time employees (Note 1)	5,444	5,432	5,674
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	485	567	532
(3) Other employees	—	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£15,360,000	£18,780,000	£24,935,000

NOTE:

1. Monthly average.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974	Period 1st January, 1975 to 31st December, 1975
Aer Rianta:
(1) Full-time employees (Note 1)	1,706	1,689	1,729
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	34	34	38
(3) Other employees	—	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£3,890,683	£4,120,000	£7,243,404

NOTES:

1. Figures relate to 1st June.

Body	Year ended 31st December, 1973	Year ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
B & I Line:
(1) Full-time employees	1,377	1,364	1,358
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	34	—	—
(3) Other employees (Note 1)	160	162	163
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£4,249,000	£4,954,000	£6,035,000

NOTE:

1. Indirectly employed, e.g. stevedores, etc.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
Bord na Móna:
(1) Full-time employees	4,133	4,190	4,252
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	—	—	—
(3) Other employees (Note 1)	1,280	1,305	1,340
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£7,430,000	£8,409,000	£10,846,000

NOTE:

1. Seasonal at peak.

Bord Gáis Éireann: (Note 1).

NOTE:

1. Information in respect of Bord Gáis Éireann is not yet available as the Company was set up in April, 1975 and has not yet published an Annual Report and Accounts.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974
Córas Iompair Éireann:
(1) Full-time employees (Note 1)	17,483	17,164	17,172
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees (Note 1)	3,751	3,726	3,723
(3) Other employees	—	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£35,649,000	£42,579,000	£36,337,000

NOTE:

1. The figures of staff numbers relate to the last pay week of the period.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
Electricity Supply Board:
(1) Full-time employees	11,376	11,317	11,181
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	324	326	324
(3) Other employees	—	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£25,434,000	£31,211,000	£37,779,000

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
Irish Shipping Ltd.:
(1) Full-time employees	571	570	Not yet available
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	—	—	”
(3) Other employees	—	—	”
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£1,444,625	£1,752,584	”

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974
Bord Failte Éireann:
(1) Full-time employees	376	381	375
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	38	32	52
(3) Other employees	—	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions (Note 1)	£1,022,928	£1,220,136	£1,070,465

NOTE:

1. These figures do not include employers' superannuation contribution as the Board's Superannuation Scheme is financed entirely from contributions from the staff salaries.

Body	Year ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
Nuclear Energy Board (Note 1):
(1) Full-time employees	—	2
(2) Part-time (at peak) employees	1	1
(3) Other employees	—	—
(4) Total payroll expenditure including directors' fees and employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions	£4,855	£15,931

NOTE:

1. The Nuclear Energy Board was set up in November, 1973.

147.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for Transport and Power (a) the profit or loss before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments (b) the operating subsidy/grant (c) the total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant and (d) the capital employed of the following State bodies: Aerlínte, Aer Lingus, Aer Rianta, B & I Line, Bord na Móna, Bord Gáis, CIE, ESB, Irish Shipping, Bord Fáilte and the Nuclear Energy Board for each of the last three years for which the information is available.

Minister for Transport and Power (Mr. P. Barry)

The information requested is set out below.

Body	Year ended 31st, March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
(i) Aer Lingus/Aer Linte:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	£2,304,000(Loss)	£1,249,000	£5,251,000(Loss)
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	—	—	—
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£43,249,000	£53,910,000	£63,359,000
(d) Capital employed	£61,650,000	£60,000,000	£65,580,000

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974	Period 1st January, 1975 to 31st December, 1975
(ii) Aer Rianta:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments (Note 1)	£1,458,652(Loss)	£418,050(Loss)	£1,240,158(Loss)
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	—	—	—
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£11,359,921	£12,243,472	£17,638,790
(d) Capital employed (Note 2)	£1,486,168	£1,886,844	£2,289,686

NOTES:

1. Loss after deduction of notional interest and depreciation.

2. These figures do not include fixed assets represented by the Airports which are owned by the Minister for Transport and Power.

Body	Year ended 31st December, 1973	Year ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
(iii) British and Irish Steampacket Co. Ltd.:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	£1,180,000(Loss)	£281,000	£139,000
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	—	—	—
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£12,944,000	£15,374,000	£19,094,000
(d) Capital employed	£10,510,000	£11,642,000	£9,944,000

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
(iv)Bord na Móna:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	£93,338	£137,166	£117,852
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	—	—	—
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£12,234,690	£14,374,444	£16,644,620
(d) Capital employed	£22,230,000	£21,838,000	£21,384,000

(v) Bord Gáis Éireann Teoranta (Note 1):

NOTE:

1. Information in respect of Bord Gáis Éireann is not yet available as the Company was set up in April 1975 and has not yet published an Annual Report and Accounts.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974
(vi) Córas Iompair Éireann:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	£8,052,000(Loss)	£11,079,000(Loss)	£14,034,000(Loss)
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	£8,300,000	£10,750,000	£13,950,000
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£44,248,000	£51,094,000	£40,483,000
(d) Capital employed	£34,355,000	£35,560,000	£35,618,000

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975
(vii) Electricity Supply Board:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	£1,392,600 (deficit)	£3,070,600 (deficit)	£3,080,000 (deficit)
(b) Operating subsidy/grant (Note 1)	—	—	—
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£65,777,000	£79,164,000	£117,464,000
(d) Capital employed	£203,403,000	£228,782,000	£240,019,000

NOTE:

1. The Board does not receive an operating subsidy grant. Non-repayable capital contributions received from the Minister for Finance towards the capital cost of supplying rural areas during the year 1974-75 were £1,300,000.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
(viii) Irish Shipping Ltd.:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depriciation and interest payments	£1,425,315	£2,102,629	Not yet available
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	—	—	”
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£10,237,000	£11,342,000	”
(d) Capital employed	£25,341,307	£25,031,494	”

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1973	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974
(ix) Bord Fáilte Éireann:
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments (Note 1)	—	—	—
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	£7,450,000	£7,500,000	£5,297,500
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	£139,536	£190,392	£112,239
(d) Capital employed (Note 1)	—	—	—

NOTE:

1. The question of capital employed or commercial profit and loss account does not apply to Bord Fáilte since it is a marketing organisation financed from State funds.

Body	Year ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
(x) Nuclear Energy Board (Note 1):
(a) Profit (or Loss) before taxation and subsidy and after depreciation and interest payments	—	—
(b) Operating subsidy/grant	£10,000	£40,000
(c) Total sales and other revenue exclusive of subsidy/grant	—	—
(d) Capital employed	—	—

NOTE:

1. The Nuclear Energy Board was set up in November, 1973.

148.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for Transport and Power (a) the capital employed (b) the profit or loss before taxation (c) the total wages and salaries paid (d) the number of employees and (e) the value of exports in the year 1973-74 or 1973 as appropriate and subsequent years in respect of (i) Aer Lingus/Aerlínte (ii) Aer Rianta (iii) Córas Iompair Éireann (iv) Óstlanna Iompair Éireann (v) Electricity Supply Board (vi) Bord na Móna (vii) Irish Shipping Ltd. and (viii) B & I Steam Packet Co.

Minister for Transport and Power (Mr. P. Barry)

The information requested is set out below:

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
(i) Aer Lingus/Aerlinte:
(a) Capital employed	£60,000,000	£65,580,000	Not available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£1,249,000	£5,251,000(Loss)	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid. (Note 1)	£18,780,000	£24,935,000	”
(d) Number of employees. (Note 2)	5,691	5,805	”
(e) Value of exports. (Note 3)	£36,444,000	£43,411,000	”

NOTES:

1. Figures include directors' fees, employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions.

2. At 31st March of each year.

3. Revenue earned abroad.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974	Period 1st January to 31st December, 1975
(ii) Aer Rianta:
(a) Capital employed (Note 1)	£1,486,168	£1,886,844	£2,289,686
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation (Note 2)	£1,230,253	£1,700,692	£1,673,422
(c) Total wages and salaries paid (Note 3)	£3,890,683	£4,120,000	£7,243,404
(d) Number of employees (Note 4)	1,740	1,723	1,767
(e) Value of exports (Note 5)	£4,156,033	£4,387,666	£5,119,556

NOTES:

1. These figures do not include fixed assets represented by the airports which are owned by the Minister for Transport and Power.

2. Surplus on management of airports and sales and catering services.

3. Figures include directors' fees, employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions.

4. Figures relate to 1st June.

5. Figures represent duty-free sales at airports.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1974	Period 1st January to 31st December, 1975
(iii) Córas Iompair Éireann:
(a) Capital employed	£35,560,000	£35,618,000	Not yet available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£11,079,000	£14,034,000	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid	£39,418,000	£33,513,000	”
(d) Number of employees	20,890	20,895	”
(e) Value of exports (Note 1)	£772,000	£708,000	”

NOTE:

1. Represents earnings abroad for tours transport services provided by CIE i.e., gross revenue from tour operations minus outpayments for hotels, etc.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Period April, 1974 to December, 1974	Year ended 31st, December, 1975
(iv) Ostlanna Iompair Éireann:
(a) Capital employed	£4,976,496	£4,247,755	Not yet available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£587,623(Loss)	£616,205(Loss)	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid	£684,015	£692,911	”
(d) Number of employees (Note 1)	H-846; L-447	H-856; L-457	H-846; L-436
(e) Value of exports	£1,392,000	£1,435,000	Not yet available

NOTE:

1. H=high season; L=low season.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
(v) Electricity Supply Board:
(a) Capital employed	£228,782,000	£240,019,000	Not yet available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£3,070,600(Deficit)	£3,080,000(Deficit)	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid	£31,211,000	£37,779,000	”
(d) Number of employees	11,643	11,505	”
(e) Value of exports	£549,000	Nil	”

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
(vi) Bord na Móna:
(a) Capital employed	£21,838,000	£21,384,000	Not yet available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£1,276,333	£1,220,425	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid	£7,931,000	£10,040,000	”
(d) Number of employees (Note 1)	5,495	5,592	”
(e) Value of exports	£2,798,763	£3,100,172	”

NOTE:

1. At peak.

Body	Year ended 31st March, 1974	Year ended 31st March, 1975	Year ended 31st March, 1976
(vii) Irish Shipping Ltd.:
(a) Capital employed	£25,341,307	£25,031,494	Not yet available
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£1,425,315	£2,102,629	”
(c) Total wages and salaries paid (Note 1)	£1,444,625	£1,752,584	”
(d) Number of employees	571	570	”
(e) Value of exports (Note 2)	£4,122,000	£5,517,000	”

NOTES:

1. Figures include directors' fees, employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions.

2. Net foreign earnings.

Body	Year ended 31st December, 1973	Year ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
(viii) British and Irish Steampacket Co. Ltd.:
(a) Capital employed	£10,510,000	£11,642,000	£9,944,000
(b) Profit (or Loss) before taxation	£1,180,000(Loss)	£281,000	£139,000
(c) Total wages and salaries paid (Note 1)	£4,249,000	£4,954,000	£6,035,000
(d) Number of employees	1,571	1,526	1,521
(e) Value of exports (Note 2)	£8,155,000	£9,993,000	£12,100,000

NOTES:

1. These figures include directors' fees, employers' superannuation and Social Welfare contributions.

2. Gross external earnings calculated at current exchange rates.

149.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce (a) the capital employed (b) the profit or loss before taxation (c) the total wages and salaries paid (d) the number of employees and (e) the value of exports for the year 1973-74 or 1973 as appropriate and subsequent years, in respect of Nítrigin Éreann Teo., Irish Steel Holdings Ltd. and Ceimicí Teo.

Minister for Industry and Commerce (Mr. Keating)

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of parts (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the question in regard to Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta and Irish Steel Holdings Limited has already been given in reply to questions put down by him for answer on the 15th June, 1976. The information in respect of part (e) for these companies is set out in the tabular statement which follows:

Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta

	Year ended 30th June, 1973	Eighteen months ended 31st December, 1974	Year ended 31st December, 1975
(e) Value of exports	£1,253,184	£4,811,029	£2,140,436

In 1973-74 the company changed their accounting period to the calendar year.

Irish Steel Holdings Limited

	Year ended 30th June, 1973	Year ended 30th June, 1974	Year ended 30th June, 1975
(e) Value of exports	£1,696,102	£1,841,590	£2,571,685

The following is the position in relation to all parts of the question in respect of Ceimicí Teoranta. A full reply is being given because statistics in respect of the year ended 27/12/75 have become available since the Deputy's question was answered on 15th June, 1976. It should be noted that figures in respect of (c) are for wages and salaries only, whereas the earlier figure also included employers' superannuation and social welfare contributions.

Ceimicí Teoranta

	Year ended 29th December, 1973	Year ended 28th December, 1974	Year ended 27th December, 1975
(a) Capital employed	£712,140	£774,252	£933,423
(b) Profit or loss before taxation	£106,450(Loss)	£62,032(Profit)	£276,875(Profit)
(c) Wages and salaries paid	£257,190	£286,139	£370,290
(d) Number of employees	135	137	144
(e) Value of exports	£15,500	£62,270	£27,140

The details given in each case are for the latest years for which the company's accounts have been published. The annual reports and financial accounts for these companies, which are laid before the Dáil, give statistics for the year reported on and previous years.