asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of the year 1978 (a) the Irish semi-State bodies involved in projects in developing countries other than those projects financed in whole or in part from the bilateral aid programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs and (b) in the case of each project (i) the nature of the project, (ii) the semi-State body involved, (iii) the total cost, (iv) by whom the cost was borne, (v) the organisation or project-holder in the developing country, (vi) the terms on which the projects were carried out, for example, break-even, semi-commercial or commercial and (vii) the number of semi-State employees involved in each project.
Written Answers. - Developing Countries Projects.
202.
The information requested by the Deputy, in so far as it is available and can be made public without prejudice to the commercial operations of the semi-State bodies involved, is set out in the attached tables.
|
Year |
Nature of Project |
Semi-State Body |
Total Cost |
Cost Borne by |
Organisation in developing country |
Terms on which project carried out |
No. of staff |
|
£ |
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1978 |
Investigation into the possibility of Peat Development in Jamaica and Rwanda. |
Bord na Mona |
Not known |
Not known |
Dept of Mining Jamaica and Govt. of Rwanda |
Commercial |
3 |
|
1978 |
Identification of Industrial Project in Barbados, Grenada, Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago suitable for promotion by CID, Brussels. |
IDA |
7,000 |
CID Brussels. |
— |
Break-even |
1 |
|
World Bank Mission to identify a Small Industries project for Ecuador. |
IDA |
3,511 |
World Bank |
— |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Seminar on promotion of foreign industrial investment in Ecuador |
IDA |
3,851 |
Centro de Desarrollo Industrial del Ecuador |
CDIE |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Identification mission for small scale Enterprise in OYO & Bendel States in Nigeria. |
IDA |
3,312 |
World Bank |
— |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Identification of possible joint ventures with Irish partners for projects in ACP States and provision of general information service to CID Brussels. |
IDA |
5,600 |
CID Brussels |
— |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Compile, analyse and edit information on specific industrial proposals for presentation at European Management symposium in DAVOS. |
IDA |
3,000 |
UNIDC |
— |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Guatemala: |
IDA |
722 |
CENPRO of Guatemala |
CENPRO |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Publications Seminar |
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|
Inplant training for 1 Tanzanian |
IDA |
170 |
ILO, Geneva |
— |
Break-even |
Cannot quantify |
|
|
Inplant training for 1 Nigerian |
IDA |
1,200 |
European Dev. Fund Brussels |
Federal Ministry of Industries, Nigeria |
Break-even |
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|
Small Industry course in USA (for Developing Countries) |
IDA |
250 |
World Bank |
World Bank Training Course |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
1978 |
Design of all transmission equipment for commissioning (1978/1985).Design of load control centre, building for same and offices.Sub consultants on design of a power station to be commissioned (1982/1985).Training and manpower management.Secondment of staff to introduce new systems in accounts, consumer, distribution, personnel areas.Training of Bahraini staff in Ireland. |
ESB |
See below |
Bahrain State Electricity Directorate |
Bahrain State Electricity Directorate |
Commercial |
See below |
|
Management of two regional electrification schemes. 12 month training course in ESB for 32 Saudis. |
ESB |
See below |
Electrical Authority of Saudi Arabia |
Electrical Authority of Saudi Arabia |
Commercial |
See below |
|
|
Management study of national power corporation in Philippines (virtually completed during 1978). |
ESB |
See below |
World Bank |
World Bank project |
Commercial |
See below |
|
|
Training of 29 Nigerians in Ireland with the ESB |
ESB |
See below |
Electrical Authority of Nigeria |
Electrical Authority of Nigeria |
Commercial |
See below |
|
|
Survey and report on training requirements for the Malawi Electrical Authority—some training to be carried out by the ESB in Malawi and some in Ireland |
ESB |
See below |
Electrical Authority of Malawi |
Electrical Authority of Malawi |
Commercial |
See below |
|
|
(1) Nos. employed on all projects in 1978: 125 |
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(2) Total profit for all the projects for the financial year ending 31 March 1978 was £½ m. |
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|
1978 |
Consultancy project in Portugal |
CTT |
556 |
International Trade Centre |
Government of Portugal |
Break-even |
1 |
|
Consultancy project in Malawi |
CTT |
7,384 |
EEC |
Government of Malawi |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Mombasa |
CTT |
1,077 |
PRODEC |
Government of Kenya |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Jamaica |
CTT |
14,009 |
EEC |
Government of Jamaica |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Sri Lanka |
CTT |
1,579 |
ITC |
Government of Sri Lanka |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Honduras |
CTT |
13,979 |
EEC |
Government of Honduras |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in El Salvador |
CTT |
11,460 |
EEC |
Government of El Salvador |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Bangladesh |
CTT |
9,510 |
EEC |
Government of Bangladesh |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Mauritius |
CTT |
10,825 |
EEC |
Government of Mauritius |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Jamaica |
CTT |
20,754 |
EEC |
Government of Jamaica |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Tunisia |
CTT |
476 |
ITC |
Government of Tunisia |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Geneva (for developing countries) |
CTT |
540 |
ITC |
Various |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in El Salvador |
CTT |
4,820 |
EEC |
Government of El Salvador |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Bahamas |
CTT |
18,513 |
EEC |
Government of Bahamas |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
Consultancy project in Honduras |
CTT |
10,588 |
EEC |
Government of Honduras |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Consultancy project in India |
CTT |
833 |
EEC |
Government of India |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
Consultancy project in India |
CTT |
833 |
EEC |
Government of India |
Break-even |
2 |
|
|
1978 |
Pre-feasibility study—Nigeria |
An Foras Talúntais |
12,400 |
Nigeria Fed. Government |
Owene Ogbesse River Basin Authority |
Commercial |
6 |
|
Animal Production Research—Sudan |
An Foras Talúntais |
200 |
Ministery of Overseas Development, London |
Min. of Agric. |
Semi-commercial |
2 |
|
|
Fertiliser Use—Trinidad and Tobago |
An Foras Talúntais |
4,000 |
EDF |
Min. of Agric. |
Commercial |
4 |
|
|
Seed Production and protected cropping—Egypt |
An Foras Talúntais |
6,040 |
World Bank |
Min. of Agric |
Commercial |
3 |
|
|
Dairy Production—Thailand |
An Foras Talúntais |
2,000 |
IFC |
Private Enterprise |
Commercial |
1 |
|
|
Pig Production—Roumania |
An Foras Talúntais |
1,000 |
World Bank |
Min. of Agric. |
Commercial |
1 |
|
|
* The figures for numbers of staff include all staff who actually did work on the particular projects. Some of these will have been only for very short periods e.g. one or two weeks, in some cases several man-months. |
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|
1978 |
Re-organisation and development of the Bahrain Water Supply Directorate |
An Foras Forbartha |
228,000 |
Government of Bahrain |
Government of Bahrain |
Commercial |
9 |
|
1978 |
Tourism Development Plan Phase II (Zambia) |
Bord Fáilte |
70,000 |
European Development Fund |
Government of Zambia |
Commercial |
3 |
|
Tourism Development Plan (Botswana) |
Bord Fáilte |
33,500 |
European Development Fund |
Government of Botswana |
Commercial |
2 |
|
|
Tourism Standards (Seychelles) |
Bord Fáilte |
Expenses only |
Seychelles Government |
Government of the Seychelles |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
1978 |
Consultancy Services to Airports in Saudi Arabia and Somalia |
Aer Rianta |
not available |
— |
Airport Authorities |
Commercial |
2 |
|
Operation of duty-free shops |
Aer Rianta |
— |
not applicable |
Duty-free Corporation, Khartoum |
Break-even |
not possible to quantify due to part-time staff involvement |
|
|
1978 |
Preparatory mission to Cartegona on a UNDP/OPE sponsored industrial development programme (Colombia). |
SFADCo |
3,000 |
UNDP, |
UNDP/OPE New York |
Break-even |
1 |
|
Advisory Service on development of industrial free zones (Sri-Lanka) |
SFADCo |
23,549 |
UNIDO, Vienna |
Greater Colombo Economic Mission |
Break-even |
4 |
|
|
Participation in ITC Mission to audit effectiveness of Sri-Lankan industrial free zones (Sri-Lanka) |
SFADCo |
1,600 |
ITC Geneva |
Government of Sri-Lanka |
Break-even |
1 |
|
|
On-going |
Supervising and training of Engineer Officers and Cadets |
Irish Shipping Ltd. |
At sea:£10 per officer per month:at college:£2 per officer per month |
Nigerian Ports Authority |
Nigerian Ports Authority |
Break-even |
7 |
AER LINGUS
Aer Lingus have been heavily involved in projects in developing countries over a number of years. These projects are of a commercial nature involving the sale of services to these countries for a profit. The services include management contracts, training in various aspects, aircraft and component maintenance and overhaul, personnel secondment etc.
For commercial reasons, it is considered that it would not be appropriate to reveal publicly details of the Aer Lingus activities. However, the main features of the Aer Lingus programme include:
|
1. |
Algeria: |
Technical apprentice training mainly on B737s. |
|
2. |
Cameroons: |
Contract for B737 component overhaul. |
|
3. |
Egypt: |
Computer time leasing (Egyptair). |
|
4. |
Morocco: |
Secondment of engineers and a contract for aircraft maintenance mainly B707s. |
|
5. |
Nigeria: |
Secondment of engineers plus aircraft maintenance. Component overhaul for Nigeria Airways at Dublin Airport. |
|
6. |
Sudan: |
Component and engine overhaul, training and simulator work. |
|
7. |
Zaire: |
Workshop development and component overhaul. |
|
8. |
Ghana: |
Providing management training and support programme. |
|
9. |
Iraq: |
Engine overhaul for Iraq Airways. |
|
10. |
Zambia: |
Technical assistance, including training and secondment of staff. Some financial management assistance. |
|
11. |
Namibia: |
Providing UN funded training programme. Other developing countries will be included in this programme. |
|
12. |
Kenya: |
A comprehensive contract including aircraft leasing, management and other training, secondment of staff. |
|
13. |
Botswana: |
Management training. |
|
14. |
Kuwait: |
Computer time leasing. |
In addition smaller projects are under way in Bahamas and Brunei.