asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in relation to a reply of 26th October, 1977, the corresponding figures for 1976-77, side by side with the figures for 1975-76 in respect of 3 (a) to 3 (f) in Question 361.
Written Answers. - Bord na Móna Operations.
The following is the information:
|
1976-77 |
|
|
(a) Total amount of milled peat produced—tonnes |
4,155,555 |
|
(b) Average charge per tonne of milled peat supplied to the ESB |
£3.90 |
|
(c) Average charge per tonne of milled peat supplied to briquette factories |
Confidential |
|
(d) Average charge per tonne for other sales of milled peat |
£5.11 |
|
(e) Average wage content cost of producing a tonne of milled peat |
Confidential |
|
(f) Other costs in the all-in production costs per tonne delivered to the ESB and briquette factories |
Confidential |
518.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in relation to the revenue account table in the Bord na Móna Report for 1975-76 (a) the cost of machines charged to Revenue in Note 1 (a), and (b) the depreciation amount referred to in Note 1 (b) for each of the five heads in the Table for 1975-76.
519.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in clarification of page 19 of the Bord na Móna Report for 31st March, 1976; (a) the allocation of £13,591,302 wages and salaries and social welfare insurance of £1,257,000 under the five production subheads, and (b) the estimated wages, salaries and insurance for the other purposes, indicating if the figure for wages and salaries includes £1.257 million for social insurance.
520.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy the principal headings of expenditure and the amounts in the £15.485 million in the "Production Expenses" throughout the Table in the Revenue Account, Page 19, of the Bord na Móna Accounts for 1975-76, together with a similar breakdown of the £4.126 million "Working Expenses" in the same Account.
521.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in respect of the new accounting policy of Bord na Móna in the Reports for the period 1973 to 1977, Page 22 of the 1977 Report, (a) the amount of the "continued" loan charge in each year, after the expiry of the repayment period, for IDA grants, (b) the amount of the "continued" loan charge in each year where assets had been written off for IDA grants, and (c) the date on which each loan charge at (a) originally commenced and the repayment period.
522.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will furnish in expansion of the Bord na Móna Report for 1976-77, details of the revenue account on page 19 of the 1975-76 Report.
523.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in expansion of the Notes on the Bord na Móna accounting policies in the board's reports for each of the years 1973 to 1977, inclusive: (a) cost of new machinery and equipment purchased for established bogs appearing to be charged to revenue, and not spread over a period of years, and (b) provision for advances not yet due for repayment.
530.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy (a) the loans or advances from the State and (b) other loans, if any, received by Bord na Mona for development programmes, (c) the date(s) on which the loans were made, (d) the rate per cent payable on each loan, and (e) the annual loan charge in each case, indicating the advances under each of the three development programmes, and the date(s) on which the last loan charge fell due, or falls due.
531.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state in expansion of the Reports of Bord na Móna (a) the annual loan charges being continued after the repayment period, (b) the amounts, and (c) the extended period of excess payment in each case.
With the permission of An Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 to 523, inclusive, and Questions Nos. 530 and 531 together.
I consider that the preparation of answers to these questions would involve an inordinate expenditure of time and money.
Furthermore, the particulars requested relate to confidential internal accounting procedures of the board. The annual accounts of the board as published are in a form which complies with statutory requirements and accords with modern accounting practice.
I consider I would not be justified in requiring the board to furnish for publication accounts additional to those in the form approved in 1976 by the then Minister for Transport and Power after consultation with the Minister for Finance.
524.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy the total week to week employment of regular and seasonal manual workers in Bord na Móna in 1976 and in 1977 to date.
The total week-to-week employment of regular and seasonal manual workers in Bord na Móna in 1976 and 1977 to date is:
|
1976 |
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|
Week Number |
Ending |
Regular |
Seasonal |
|
1. |
7/4/76 |
3,308 |
538 |
|
2. |
3,298 |
652 |
|
|
3. |
3,313 |
719 |
|
|
4. |
3,274 |
828 |
|
|
5. |
3,197 |
1,047 |
|
|
6. |
3,202 |
1,092 |
|
|
7. |
3,184 |
1,168 |
|
|
8. |
3,172 |
1,208 |
|
|
9. |
3,169 |
1,224 |
|
|
10. |
3,180 |
1,222 |
|
|
11. |
2,727 |
1,112 |
|
|
12. |
2,762 |
1,320 |
|
|
13. |
2,934 |
1,352 |
|
|
14. |
3,400 |
934 |
|
|
15. |
2,860 |
697 |
|
|
16. |
2,747 |
666 |
|
|
17. |
3,136 |
1,182 |
|
|
18. |
3,184 |
1,201 |
|
|
19. |
3,162 |
1,200 |
|
|
20. |
3,164 |
1,178 |
|
|
21. |
3,170 |
1,135 |
|
|
22. |
3,169 |
1,087 |
|
|
23. |
3,177 |
1,036 |
|
|
24. |
3,163 |
1,020 |
|
|
25. |
3,175 |
961 |
|
|
26. |
3,255 |
785 |
|
|
27. |
3,308 |
578 |
|
|
28. |
3,264 |
513 |
|
|
29. |
3,338 |
377 |
|
|
30. |
3,340 |
366 |
|
|
31. |
3,276 |
357 |
|
|
32. |
3,343 |
265 |
|
|
33. |
3,346 |
238 |
|
|
34. |
3,355 |
218 |
|
|
35. |
3,777 |
203 |
|
|
36. |
3,357 |
186 |
|
|
37. |
3,377 |
168 |
|
|
38. |
3,360 |
145 |
|
|
39. |
3,226 |
122 |
|
|
40. |
3,271 |
113 |
|
|
41. |
3,341 |
111 |
|
|
42. |
3,361 |
110 |
|
|
43. |
3,372 |
116 |
|
|
44. |
3,377 |
120 |
|
|
45. |
3,387 |
136 |
|
|
46. |
3,368 |
167 |
|
|
47. |
3,378 |
195 |
|
|
48. |
3,362 |
222 |
|
|
49. |
3,356 |
269 |
|
|
50. |
3,337 |
358 |
|
|
51. |
3,352 |
439 |
|
|
52. |
30/3/77 |
3,335 |
502 |
|
1977 |
|||
|
Week Number |
Ending |
Regular |
Seasonal |
|
1. |
6/4/77 |
3,093 |
516 |
|
2. |
3,213 |
607 |
|
|
3. |
3,413 |
635 |
|
|
4. |
3,377 |
716 |
|
|
5. |
3,376 |
778 |
|
|
6. |
3,339 |
847 |
|
|
7. |
3,324 |
897 |
|
|
8. |
3,301 |
1,039 |
|
|
9. |
3,261 |
1,255 |
|
|
10. |
3,278 |
1,379 |
|
|
11. |
3,210 |
1,530 |
|
|
12. |
3,190 |
1,622 |
|
|
13. |
3,174 |
1,730 |
|
|
14. |
3,174 |
1,712 |
|
|
15. |
3,174 |
1,693 |
|
|
16. |
3,175 |
1,690 |
|
|
17. |
3,176 |
1,617 |
|
|
18. |
3,168 |
1,577 |
|
|
19. |
3,173 |
1,525 |
|
|
20. |
3,143 |
1,515 |
|
|
21. |
3,210 |
1,434 |
|
|
22. |
3,238 |
1,390 |
|
|
23. |
3,226 |
1,288 |
|
|
24. |
3,366 |
1,060 |
|
|
25. |
3,401 |
974 |
|
|
26. |
3,433 |
858 |
|
|
27. |
3,436 |
715 |
|
|
28. |
12/10/77 |
3,420 |
611 |