asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state whether he has yet received any report from the Industrial Development Authority on the extension of the factory belonging to Irish Steel, Limited, Haulbowline, Cobh, to embrace a sheet mill for the production of steel sheets and a blooming mill which it is estimated would give employment to another 200 hands in the factory alone; and, if so, the nature of the report.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Extension of Steel Factory.
Following a recommendation by the Industrial Development Authority, which was accepted by the Government, arrangements were made to procure the services of an expert to report on certain technical aspects of the steel industry. These arrangements, although at an advanced stage, are not yet completed.
Has the expert yet gone to Haulbowline?
I do not think so.