asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state (a) the number of commissions and/or committees set up by the Government or by him since 1923 to inquire into economic conditions with reference to industry and commerce and related subjects, and (b) the year in which each body submitted its report.
Written Answers. - Inquiries into Economic Conditions Related to Industry and Commerce.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the Statement:—
COMMISSIONS and/or Committees other than inter-departmental Committees set up by the Government or by the Minister for Industry and Commerce since 1923 to inquire into economic conditions with reference to industry and commerce and related subjects.
|
Name of Commission or Committee |
Year in which Report submitted |
|
Tribunal on Prices |
1928 |
|
Committee on Insurance |
1929 |
|
Economic Committee |
1929 |
|
Ports and Harbours Tribunal |
1930 |
|
Committee on Registration of Shops |
1934 |
|
Tobacco Advisory Committee |
Appointed 1934 as Advisory Committee. No Report called for. |
|
Clare Phosphates Commission |
1934 |
|
County Donegal Transport Committee |
1934 |
|
Advisory Committee on Design in Industry |
Established in 1937. Work of Committee suspended in 1939 due to emergency conditions. |
|
Patents Designs and Trade Marks Committee |
1938 |
|
Tribunal of Inquiry on Public Transport |
1939 |
|
Clare Phosphates Committee |
1940 |
|
Commission on Vocational Organisation |
1943 |
|
Stranorlar/Glenties Transport Committee of Inquiry |
1947 |
|
Flour and Bread Committee |
1949 |
|
Dollar Exports Advisory Committee |
1950 |
|
Commission on Youth Unemployment |
1951 |
|
Souvenir Committee |
1953 |
|
C.I.E. Consultative Committee of Trade Unions |
1953 |
|
Peat Gasification Committee |
1954 |
|
Flour and Bread Committee |
1956 |
|
Industrial Advisory Council |
Established in 1956 —Advisory Committee. (No Report called for.) |
|
Committee of Inquiry into Internal Transport |
1957 |
|
Atomic Energy Committee |
1958 |
|
Metric System and Decimal Coinage Committee |
Report not yet submitted. |
|
Committee of Inquiry into cross-Channel Freight Rates |
Established in 1957. Report not yet submitted. |
|
Committee on possibility of reviving Glenamoy Grassmeal Project |
Established in 1957. Report not yet submitted. |
Because of the absence of a comprehensive record of such committees/commissions, there may be omissions from this list.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will indicate the names of foreign experts who have made surveys since 1923 at his request or at that of the Government in relation to economic conditions with reference to industry and commerce and related subjects, and the titles and dates of issue of their reports.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
NAMES of foreign experts who have made surveys since 1923 at the request of the Minister for Industry and Commerce or of the Government in relation to economic conditions with reference to industry and commerce and related subjects.
|
Name of Foreign Expert |
Title of Report |
Date of Report |
|
Siemens Schuckertwerke |
The Electrification of the Irish Free State. |
1924 |
|
Borgquist, Norberg Schulz, Mayerpeter, Rohn. |
The Electrification of the Irish Free State. |
1925 |
|
Ronald Johnstone & Son, London |
Report on the Slieveardagh coalfield. |
1934 |
|
Cayeux & Lecomte, Paris |
Report on the Arigna and Slieveanieran mineral areas. |
1936 |
|
Pellew Harvey & Co., London |
Report on the Glandore manganese deposits. |
1939 |
|
Ronald Johnstone & Son, London |
Report on the Gypsum deposits near Kingscourt. |
1940 |
|
Professor J.A.B. Ritson London |
Report on Avoca Mines |
1945 |
|
Professor W.R. Jones, London |
Report on Avoca minerals |
1947 |
|
Sir J.A. Milne |
Report on Transport in Ireland |
1948 |
|
Raymond B. Ladoo, U.S.A. |
Report on Gypsum deposits near Kingscourt. |
1950 |
|
R.K. Christenberry and others, U.S.A. |
Report on Tourism in Ireland |
1950 |
|
Professor K.C. Dunham, Durham |
Report on the rocks of the Kingscourt area. |
1951 |
|
Battelle Memorial Institute |
(i) Utilisation of peat(ii) The winning of peat(iii) Supplementary Report on utilisation of peat. |
1951 |
|
McKee & McCaughern |
Proteins feeds and food processing industries. |
1952 |
|
Ibec, Technical Services Corporation, New York. |
An appraisal of Ireland's industrial potentials. |
1952 |
|
Dr. Thor Lexow, Norway |
Utilisation of basking shark and expansion of Irish coastal fisheries. |
1954(not published) |
|
Professor W.R. Jones, London |
Reports on the mineral deposits at Abbeytown and Murvey. |
1953 and 1955 |
Because of the absence of a comprehensive record there may be omissions from this list.