With your permission a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to answer Questions Nos. 42, 43 and 44 together.
The members of the panel are:
Mr. D. Carroll, Chairman and Managing Director, P. J. Carroll & Co. Ltd.
Mr. D. Dwyer, Managing Director, Sunbeam Wolsey Ltd.
Mr. P. H. Greer, Managing Director, Unidare Ltd.
Mr. G. P. Jackson, Assistant Managing Director, Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. (Dublin) Ltd.
Mr. Michael Rigby-Jones, Managing Director, Irish Ropes Ltd.
Mr. A. H. Masser, Managing Director, A. H. Masser Ltd.
Mr. J. J. O'Leary, Chairman, Cahill & Co. Ltd.
Dr. Roland Grunzig, Otto Riedel Gardinen, Eyestrup/Wesser, Germany.
Irish firm—Gardimex (Ireland) Ltd., Ennis.
Dr. K. A. Korber, Hauniwerke Korber & Co. K.G., Hamburg-Bergedorf, Kampechaussee 14-18, Germany.
Irish firm—Hauni (Ireland) Ltd., Drogheda.
Dr. Franz Aicher, Gebr. Aicher, Rosenheim/Oberbayern, Kolbermoorerstr. 8, Germany.
Irish firm—Chipboard Ltd., Scariff.
Herr Eberhard Kemper, Classic Bekleidungswerk Kemper K.G., Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Irish firm—Irish Classic Ltd., Drogheda.
Dr. W. Rodig, Steinbock G.m.b.H. Moosburg, Oberbayern, Germany.
Irish firm—Steinbock Ltd., Galway.
Herr Hans Liebherr, Firma Hans Liebherr, Biberach/Riss, Wurttemburg, Germany.
Irish firm—Liebherr (Ireland) Ltd., Killarney.
Dr. Karl Korner, Mitinhaber der Firma Robert Krups, Solingen-Wald, Postfach 90, Germany.
Irish firm—Krups Engineering Ltd., Limerick.
It is proposed to appoint further members.
The Panel was set up at the request of the Industrial Development Authority to assist them in securing new industries. The panel consists of a number of leading Irish industrialists, and a number of manufacturers from abroad who have established factories here. The Industrial Development Authority have frequently benefited from the help given by various manufacturers in the campaign to attract industries from abroad. The establishment of the panel is intended to make still more effective use of the wide range of foreign contacts of industrialists. The arrangement is aimed at enlisting the help of individual members of the panel in initiating industrial contacts abroad and in advancing the idea of Ireland as an industrial location. The members will, therefore, be concerned with helping the Authority's promotional campaign. The panel arrangement was adopted as it has the advantage of facilitating consultation with individual manufacturers and thus minimising the demands on the panel members' time.
I understand from the Industrial Development Authority that a number of helpful suggestions have already been made by members of the panel.