Dick Spring
Ceist:211 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Defence the annual cost of maintaining the Asgard; the number of persons in full-time employment; and the number of persons who availed of sail training over the past three years. [26436/01]
Vol. 543 No. 2
211 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Defence the annual cost of maintaining the Asgard; the number of persons in full-time employment; and the number of persons who availed of sail training over the past three years. [26436/01]
Coiste an Asgard, which manages Asgard II, received a Lottery funded, grant-in-aid, of £473,000, 600,586, in 2000 while the provision for this year is £504,000, 639,948. The income of an coiste is supplemented by the fees payable by trainees which in 2000 amounted to £132,688, 168,480. The main items of expenditure on the operation of the Asgard for the year ended 31 December 2000 were:
£ |
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Salaries |
285,804 |
362,897 |
Maintenance of Vessel |
137,554 |
174,658 |
Cruise expenses |
112,254 |
142,534 |
1999 |
472 |
2000 |
444 |
2001 |
500 (estimated). |