asked the Minister for Finance the internal sources in (a) Bord lascaigh Mhara, (b) Bord Gáis Éireann, (c) Bord na Móna, (d) ESB, (e) Air Companies, (f) Irish Steel Holdings, from which finance is to be generated, in each case, for the purposes of the Public Capital Programme 1979, Table 4, and the estimated grant payable by the Industrial Development Authority.
Written Answers. - Public Capital Programme.
1. The internal sources from which finance is to be generated in each of the above cases are set out in the tabular statement below.
Internal Source |
BIM |
BGE |
Bord na Móna |
ESB |
Air Companies |
ISH |
£m. |
£m. |
£m. |
£m. |
£m. |
£m. |
|
Revenue Surpluses |
— |
0.33(b) |
1.00 |
— |
2.80 |
— |
Depreciation Funds |
— |
1.00(b) |
— |
25.50 |
7.20 |
0.10 |
Superannuation Funds |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Other |
1.00(a) |
— |
— |
7.43(c) |
— |
— |
Total |
1.00 |
1.33 |
1.00 |
32.93 |
10.00 |
0.10 |
Footnote:
(a) Capital repayments by fishermen on their borrowings from Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
(b) Provisional figures.
(c) Capital contributions for electricity connection and sale of retired assets.
2. As regards the question of possible IDA grant assistance for any of these bodies in 1979, it is not the practice to release advance estimates of such grants because these are for negotiation in the first instance between the IDA and the other body concerned.