asked the Minister for Finance if he will state (a) the schemes approved by his predecessor for financing from the National Development Fund prior to 2nd June, 1954, indicating in respect of each scheme the amount allocated and the amount spent on it to date, or whether it has been abandoned by the present Government, and (b) the new schemes not approved by his predecessor which have been approved by him since 2nd June, 1954, giving in respect of each scheme the amount allocated and the amount spent on it to date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Development Fund Schemes.
As the reply includes two tabular statements, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated in the Official Report.
Following is the reply:—
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
(a) SCHEMES APPROVED PRIOR TO 2ND JUNE, 1954.
|
Scheme |
Amount |
|
|
Allocated |
Expended out of Fund |
|
|
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: |
£ |
£ |
|
1. Road Works |
2,900,000 |
2,295,129 |
|
2. L.A. (Works) Act projects |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: |
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|
3. Cork Harbour |
550,000 |
— |
|
4. Dublin Harbour |
527,400 |
69,000 |
|
5. Road works at E.S.B. turf stations |
200,000 |
10,809 |
|
6. Bridge at Limerick cement factory |
20,000 |
— |
|
7. Moy Estuary survey |
1,500 |
1,000 |
|
AGRICULTURE: |
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|
8. Fish farm |
25,000 |
7,150 |
|
9. Progeny testing (pigs and sheep) |
88,000 |
— |
|
10. Special veterinary research |
25,000 |
— |
|
11. Foundation stocks of seeds |
150,000 |
31,500 |
|
12. Progeny testing (cattle) |
35,000 |
— |
|
13. Artificial insemination station |
40,000 |
2,750 |
|
14. Eggs and poultry station |
100,000 |
— |
|
15. Bovine tuberculosis eradication |
600,000 |
71,100 |
|
16. Drying and storage of onions |
10,000 |
— |
|
17. Special Employment Schemes Office |
900,000 |
900,000 |
|
18. Gaeltacht projects |
250,000 |
111,055 |
|
TOTAL: £ |
6,521,900 |
3,599,493 |
No. 1—was reduced by £400,000;
No. 3—was reduced by £150,000 consequential on the Harbour Commissioners modifying their original scheme;
No. 6—abandoned;
No. 7—has increased by £800 in July, 1955;
No. 9—abandoned so far as concerns sheep (estimated to cost £8,000): for a pig progeny testing station £33,000 net has been allocated;
Nos. 10
&12—are in abeyance;
No. 14—is being reconsidered;
No. 15—only £423,000 has so far been allocated to the revised areas selected for the scheme.
(b) SCHEMES APPROVED SINCE 2ND JUNE, 1954.
|
Scheme |
Amounts |
|
|
Allocated |
Expended out of Fund |
|
|
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: |
£ |
£ |
|
1. L.A. (Works) Act projects |
350,000 |
125,000 |
|
2. Road Fund |
39,411 |
— |
|
3. Repair of sea wall at Bray |
15,000 |
— |
|
SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES OFFICE: |
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|
4. Supplementary allocation |
250,000 |
50,000 |
|
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: |
||
|
5. Grant to An Óige |
29,000 |
5,150 |
|
6. Road to coal mine at Gubaveeny, Co. Cavan |
3,275 |
— |
|
7. Limerick Harbour |
79,000 |
— |
|
8. Dún Laoire railway station improvements |
20,000 |
— |
|
AGRICULTURE: |
||
|
9. Cow byres and water supplies |
230,000 |
— |
|
10. Potato stores |
15,000 |
— |
|
11. Department's schools and farms |
150,000 |
— |
|
12. Drainage of River Rye |
48,500 |
7,220 |
|
13. Fish station at Galway |
27,550 |
2,500 |
|
14. Small farm units at Department's schools |
8,000 |
— |
|
15. Orchard planting in Dungarvan area |
32,500 |
— |
|
16. Peatland experimental station at Glenamoy |
45,000 |
— |
|
OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS: |
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|
17. Rossmanagher embankments |
100,000 |
8,000 |
|
18. Drainage of Swillyburn and Deele |
187,000 |
— |
|
PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION: |
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|
19. Shannon survey and resettlement scheme |
100,000 |
— |
|
TOTAL: £ |
1,729,236 |
197,870 |