With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 185, 186, 187 and 188 together.
The information requested by the Deputy in so far as it is available is as follows:
The revenue from the sales of briquettes amounted to £5.2 million in 1976/77 and to £6.4 million in 1977/78.
The sum of £705,134 contributed by the board towards the development of new bog areas came from the trading surplus for the year ended 31 March 1978.
The information requested in connection with the Public Capital Programme for 1978 and 1979 is as follows:
(a)
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1978
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1979
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£
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£
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Authorised Expenditure on Littleton briquette factory
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1,996,700
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3,500,000
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Actual Expenditure on Littleton briquette factory
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1,529,144
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513,907
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(to date)
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(b) and (c) No provision is made in the capital programmes for 1978 and 1979 in respect of these items.
(d)
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1978
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1979
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£
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£
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Capital cost of developing the Third Development Pro-gramme, including machinery and interest charges
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8,350,000
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11,700,000
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The other information requested by the Deputy relates to purely internal accounting procedures by the board and I do not regard it as reasonable to request the board to supply this information.