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.
Written Answers. - Bord na Móna Losses.
41.
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.