Pádraic McCormack
Question:1 Mr. McCormack asked the Taoiseach if grants given to a company (details supplied) have now been returned in view of the fact that the company has been sold.
Ceisteanna—Questions. - Grant to Company.
Peter Barry
Question:44 Mr. Barry asked the Taoiseach if grants given to a company (details supplied) have now been returned in view of the fact that the company has been sold.
Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna 1 agus 44 le chéile.
Tuigim ó Údarás na Gaeltachta nach bhfuil díolachán an ghnó i gceist curtha i gcrích in iomlán go fóill. Tá cainteanna ar siúl idir na húinéirí, na ceannaitheoirí atá le bheith ann agus an tÚdarás maidir le todhchaí an ghnó agus tá an cuidiú airgid atá curtha ar fáil ag an Údarás, agus an gá atá ann chun leas an Údaráis maidir leis an airgead sin a chosaint, mar chuid lárnach de na cainteanna sin.
My question has nothing to do with Údarás na Gaeltachta, so I do not know why Questions Nos. 1 and 44 were taken together. In any case. I ask the Minister of State who is answering questions for the Taoiseach whether he knows that in 1988 Carrolls company set up a mailing company in the USA with the benefit of a £1 million IDA grant. The company produced in America a very classy brochure purporting to market Irish salmon, furniture and Connemara ponies. In the early 1990s when Lawrence Crowley was appointed chairman of Carrolls——
I am sorry but the Deputy may not embark upon a speech. He must proceed by way of Supplementary Questions.
In view of the fact that Lawrence Crowley closed down that company less than two years after it was opened, did the State recover the £1 million granted to that company in early 1988?
Tá ceist 1 agus 44 mar a chéile focal ar fhocal. Níl baint ar bith agamsa leis an Údarás Forbairt Tionscal agus is dócha gur cheart an cheist sin a chur ar an Aire Tionscail agus Tráchtála.
Ceist a 2.
Cá bhfuil an freagra? Cad mar gheall ar an £1 mhilliún?
Tá baint ag an gcomhlacht seo le Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ní féidir liomsa ach freagra a thabhairt ó thaobh an Údaráis de. D'fhéadfadh an Teachta an cheist a chur ar an Aire eile.
There is £1 million of taxpayers' money involved. Cá bhfuil sé?
Tá baint agamsa le Údarás na Gaeltachta agus níl freagracht agam don Údarás Forbairt Tionscal.