asked the Minister for Finance if he will give particulars of the State aid for agriculture and industry for 1962-63, as paid, having regard to the supplementary estimates passed in the year.
Written Answers. - State Aid for Agriculture and Industry.
The following is the information requested by the Deputy:
1962/63 (Provisional Outturn)
(a) State Aid to Industry
£000 |
|
Building and Construction |
19,436 |
Irish Shipping Ltd. |
1,891 |
Air Companies |
227 |
Industrial Credit Co., Ltd. |
2,625 |
Bord na Móna |
1,400 |
Córas Iompair Éireann |
1,413 |
Industrial Grants |
1,617 |
Tourism |
1,106 |
Shannon Free Airport Development Co., Ltd. |
1,249 |
Irish Steel Holdings, Ltd. |
1,100 |
Córas Tráchtála Teo. |
245 |
Bord Ghaeltarra Éireann |
130 |
Nítrigin Éireann Teo. |
1,120 |
Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann Teo. |
1,500 |
Miscellaneous |
281 |
Total |
35,340 |
(b) State Aid to Agriculture
£000 |
|
Subsidies of final products: |
|
Butter and other milk products |
3,172 |
Wheat |
1,543 |
Bacon |
2,825 |
Bacon Factory Grants |
23 |
Subsidies to reduce production costs: |
|
Ground Limestone |
645 |
Phosphatic fertilisers |
2,400 |
Potash |
600 |
Petrol |
33 |
Drainage, land reclamation and general improvement schemes: |
|
Arterial drainage |
1,617 |
Land Project |
2,108 |
Other drainage schemes |
— |
Improvement of Land Commission Estates |
740 |
Other improvement schemes |
485 |
Gaeltacht and Congested District Schemes |
200 |
Elimination of disease, livestock improvement, etc.: |
|
Bovine TB |
6,618 |
Pasteurisation plant |
40 |
AI, milk production and livestock improvement |
75 |
Administration of improvement and regulatory Acts |
276 |
Grants towards farm buildings, etc.: |
|
Farm buildings and water supplies |
1,303 |
Poultry houses and equipment |
65 |
Orchard planting |
3 |
Education, research, advisory and technical services: |
|
Education |
525 |
Research |
783 |
Advisory Services |
399 |
Rural Organisations |
26 |
Technical Services |
217 |
Departmental capital expenditure on land and buildings |
160 |
Land Annuities: |
|
Halving of land annuities |
786 |
Bonus to vendors and other costs |
118 |
Relief of rates: |
|
Agricultural Grant |
8,530 |
Rural Electrification |
953 |
Capital for Agricultural Credit Corporation, Ltd. |
50 |
Total |
37,318 |