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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 9 Jul 1968

Vol. 236 No. 4

Written Answers. - Bord na Móna Losses.

41.

asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he will extend the table appended to a reply of 23rd April, 1968, regarding turf production to include the year ended 31st March, 1968; and if he will state for each of the past five financial years the actual loss incurred by Bord na Móna as a result of the sale and supply of sod peat and milled peat to the ESB below the cost of production.

Sod and milled peat supplied by Bord na Móna to the ESB:

Sod Peat

Year ended

Quantity

Value

Average price per ton

Cost per ton including interest payable

tons

31/3/1968

325,539

*

*

*

Milled Peat

31/3/1968

1,321,959

*

*

*

Surplus/Deficit in Works supplying Peat to the ESB.

Year ended

Sod Peat

Milled Peat

Total

£

£

£

31/3/1964

+ 304,640

—88,399

+ 216,241

31/3/1965

+ 58,259

—317,247

— 258,988

31/3/1966

—297,356

—847,516

—1,144,872

31/3/1967

—403,376

—868,521

—1,271,897

31/3/1968

*

*

*

*This information cannot be made available in advance of publication of the Annual Report and Accounts by Bord na Móna. Publication is expected in early September.

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