asked the Minister for Industry and Energy the approximate expenditure on Bord na Móna's Third Development Programme in 1980 and in 1981 to date in each of the development areas; and the employment generated.
Written Answers. - Bord na Móna Development Plan.
595.
The expenditure by Bord na Móna in each of their development areas during 1980 and in 1981 to date and the employment generated is as follows:—
|
Development area |
Expenditure 1980 |
Expenditure 1981 (to date) |
Employment |
|
£ |
£ |
||
|
Attymon |
75,204* |
64,401* |
Nil |
|
Ballivor |
165,020 |
123,409 |
12 |
|
Ballyforan |
267,025+ |
189,662+ |
Nil |
|
Ballydermot |
91,556 |
113,339 |
12 |
|
Blackwater |
1,732,287 |
2,441,848 |
179 |
|
Boora |
656,432 |
762,579 |
30 |
|
Coolnagun |
132,290 |
243,284 |
26 |
|
Derrygreenagh |
109,570 |
56,161 |
11 |
|
Derryfadda |
2,921,946 |
2,400,831 |
186 |
|
Giltown/Prosperous |
105,585 |
252,058 |
8 |
|
Kinnegad |
58,008 |
201,521 |
7 |
|
Littleton |
12,041,686 |
7,894,815 |
265 |
|
Mountdillion |
1,917,232 |
1,589,442 |
139 |
|
Oweninny |
747,961 |
893,907 |
54 |
*Land acquisition and new bog drainage machinery.
+Land acquisition fees to consultancy firms for drawings, design work and site testing.
596.
asked the Minister for Industry and Energy if he will give particulars of the cost of (a) Lullymore, (b) Croghan, (c) Derrinlough, (d) Littleton, (e) Kilberry and (f) Coolnamona factories erected with capital advances to Bord na Móna; the commission dates; and if he will given in each case the amount of grant aid involved and the number employed at each factory.
The details requested in respect of the four briquette factories at Lullymore, Croghan, Derrinlough and Littleton and the moss peat factories at Kilberry and Coolnamona have been supplied by Bord na Móna and are as follows:—
|
Factory |
Cost |
Number employed |
Date of commission |
|
£ |
|||
|
(a) Lullymore |
984,500 |
112 |
*1939 |
|
(b) Croghan |
1,501,300 |
124 |
1960 |
|
(c) Derrinlough |
1,566,900 |
121 |
1959 |
|
(d) Littleton |
18,600,000 |
84 |
1981 |
|
(e) Kilberry |
474,800 |
101 |
1947 |
|
(f) Coolnamona |
465,100 |
105 |
1965 |
*Purchased by the Turf Development Board in 1939.
Bord na Móna total capital expenditure for the six factories was funded by means of Exchequer advances, loans from other agencies and internal revenue. As the cost of providing the factories referred to was met out of the board's overall capital expenditure the costs shown do not indicate the amount of the Exchequer advance to any particular project. No grant aid was received by Bord na Móna in respect of any of these factories. The cost shown for the Littleton project is the estimated final cost.