asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of the year 1978 the amount from the Bilateral Aid Programme which has been (a) allocated to, and (b) spent through semi-State bodies; in the case of each project: (i) the nature of the project; (ii) the semi-State body involved; (iii) the total cost; (iv) the share of the cost borne by the bilateral programme by the semi-State body and by other named sources; (v) whether the Irish semi-State body or bodies concerned were involved on a break-even, semicommercial or commercial basis, and (vi) how many semi-State employees were involved in each project.
Written Answers. - Bilateral Aid Programme.
327.
There is no global annual allocation of funds to firms in the Statesponsored sector under the Bilateral Aid Programme. Rather is it the position that organisations in this sector are engaged, as appropriate, by my Department to execute specific projects within the programme. The basis on which the organisations concerned agree to negotiate their involvement in the execution of a project is a matter for their boards and/or for their responsible Ministers.
It is difficult also to be precise about the questions of costs raised in (iii) and (iv). The costs shown below can be considered, however, to be almost the full cost of each project in 1978. This does not, however, include the local back-up cost factor, which is normally met by our partner countries. I would add also that some projects are integrated into larger national or international programmes, not funded by Ireland, details of the financing of which would not be readily available to me.
On (vi), I give below the number of personnel employed on the ground in developing countries on each project by State-sponsored organisations in 1978. In addition, of course, officials of these organisations were assigned, as required, on a short-term basis to assist in the implementation of projects. It would be extremely difficult and time-consuming, however, to quantify these short-term assignments. In addition, given that the grades of staff involved, together with the duration of their involvement, varied considerably from project to project, this might not be a particularly meaningful exercise.
With these qualifications, therefore, the answers to (a), (b), (i), (ii), (iii) and (vi) are given below.
Following is the statement referred to:
|
Nature of Project |
State- sponsored body. |
Allocation from Bilateral Aid Programme. |
Expenditure from Bilateral Aid Programme. |
Irish personnel employed full time on ground for part or whole of year. |
|
LESOTHO |
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|
1. Hololo Valley Rural Development Project |
AFT |
201,500 |
200,300 |
1 |
|
2. Knitting Factory at TY |
IIRS |
58,000 |
33,600 |
2 |
|
3. Hand Knitting Study |
IIRS |
19,000 |
3,700 |
— |
|
4. Technical assistance to Electricity Corporation |
ESB |
85,000 |
78,600 |
2 |
|
5. Technical assistance to National Development Corporation |
IDA |
20,100 |
20,100 |
2 |
|
6. Technical assistance to Lesotho Airways |
Aer Lingus |
1,700 |
1,700 |
1 |
|
7. Fellowship in control of financial institutions |
IPA |
1,000 |
1,000 |
— |
|
SUDAN |
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|
8. Dairying co-operative development |
AFT |
125,000 |
4,700 |
— |
|
9. Agricultural Scholarships |
AFT |
12,500 |
12,300 |
— |
|
TANZANIA |
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|
10. Technical assistance to Electricity Supply Company |
ESB |
55,000 |
45,000 |
— |
|
11. Technical assistance to Small Industries Organisation |
AnCO |
35,000 |
26,000 |
2 |
|
12. Management & Staff Training for Board of Internal Trade |
IMI |
43,500 |
43,500 |
— |
|
13. Management Training for Agricultural Parastatals |
IMI |
28,500 |
10,000 |
— |
|
14. Public Administration Training |
IPA |
28,200 |
17,800 |
— |
|
15. Training of Broadcasting Officials |
RTE |
8,800 |
8,800 |
— |
|
16. Shipwright fellowship |
AnCO/BIM |
6,100 |
6,100 |
— |
|
17. Development Banking |
ICC |
400 |
400 |
— |
|
ZAMBIA |
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|
18. Training in Hospital Administration |
IPA |
53,700 |
47,400 |
— |
|
19. Assistance to National Institute for Public Administration |
IPA |
30,400 |
28,100 |
— |
|
INDIA |
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|
20. Fellowship on Small Industries Course |
IDA |
4,200 |
4,200 |
— |
|
SWAZILAND |
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|
21. Technical assistance to Royal Swazi Airlines |
Aer Lingus |
20,900 |
20,900 |
2 |
|
BURUNDI |
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|
22. Peat Development |
Bord na Móna |
25,000 |
700 |
— |
|
23. Training Programme for Southern Africa |
Aer Lingus |
62,400 |
34,000 |
— |
|
GENERAL |
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|
24. Assistance in Trade Promotion |
CTT |
71,800 |
38,600 |
— |
|
25. Co-operative management training |
IAOS |
23,000 |
23,000 |
— |
|
26. Co-operative marketing training |
IAOS |
30,300 |
30,300 |
— |
|
27. Public Enterprise management training |
DEVCO |
28,800 |
28,800 |
— |
|
28. Training and other assistance |
SFADCo |
32,000 |
32,000 |
— |
|
29. Fellowships on Project Appraisal Course |
IDA |
27,000 |
25,500 |
— |
|
ABBREVATIONS |
[in order of first occurrence in table]. |
|
AFT |
An Foras Talúntais |
|
IIRS |
Institute of Industrial Research and Standards |
|
ESB |
Electricity Supply Board |
|
IDA |
Industrial Development Authority |
|
AnCO |
The Industrial Training Authority |
|
IMI |
Irish Management Institute |
|
IPA |
Institute of Public Administration |
|
RTE |
Radio Telefís Eireann |
|
BIM |
Bórd Iascaigh Mhara |
|
ICC |
Industrial Credit Corporation |
|
CTT |
Córas Tráchtála Teo. |
|
IAOS |
Irish Agricultural Organisation Society |
|
DEVCO |
State Agencies' Development Co-operation Organisation |
|
SFADCo |
Shannon Free Airport Development Corporation. |