Hillery, Patrick JohnThursday, 21 October 1965 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Labour Court Conciliation Conferences.
I am aware that on occasions the Labour Court conciliation service finds it difficult to accommodate all the parties which are looking for its services at one point of time. I have not precise figure...
I understand the delay is due mainly to difficulty in getting time suitable to the different parties concerned. Congress made a complaint and the Labour Court has inquired of Congress for details of ...
I am told the main cause of the delay is finding a time suitable to all the parties concerned.
They have asked for specific cases in order to study them.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Export of Cotton Manufactures to Britain.
I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 104, 105 and 106 together. The British Government have advised the Irish Government of proposals for regulating the imp...
An export control has existed since 1959. That was done with the concurrence of the people in the trade. About a year ago, I gather, it was indicated by the British they hoped to produce proposals w...
There is a global quota but there are to be separate discussions for the three named countries. These discussions would give rise to whatever arrangements would be enforced for the five years from 1s...
I am dealing with that as a separate problem.
There is no question of reducing their production.
This deals with the amount that can be exported to Britain from this country.
I am dealing with that administratively.
We already have agreed to a restriction since 1959 with the concurrence of the trade.
These are proposals put up for a separate arrangement for Irish exports of cotton goods outside any global quota put on to protect their own market.
We do not envisage any reduction. I understand that adaptation has put the industry here in a much healthier position than a few years ago.
It is a very wide question. The discussions are still going on. At the moment it would be hypothetical.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trading and Market Arrangements.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. Irish industrialists have, of course, been made aware through the Second Programme and otherwise of the movement towards freer trade an...
I have no knowledge of that, but the doubtful situation will not last very much longer, I hope, in case anybody is hesitating.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Grants in Sligo-Leitrim.
During the two years ended 31st March, 1965, an industrial grant of £1,750 was approved for an existing concern in County Leitrim for the undertaking of a new project. An industrial grant of £26,000 w...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Industrial Protection.
The answer to the first part of the question is no; the second part does not, therefore, arise.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Building Advisory Council.
The answer to the first part of the Deputy's question is in the affirmative. The council's report on its first survey of the building industry has not been published. There was a poor response from t...
I have got the report of the survey but they had not what one might call——
——anything like the expected co-operation from the various people, such as architects, surveyors, builders and others concerned, and it was not really as successful, therefore, as one would have wishe...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Donegal Cement Factory.
The position has remained unchanged since my reply to the Deputy on 30th June, 1965.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Donegal Potato Starch Plant.
In common with potato starch factories elsewhere, the potato starch factory at Labbadish, Manorcunningham, County Donegal operates on a seasonal basis, the length of the production campaign each year ...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment at Potez Factory.
Some progress has been made since the date of the Deputy's last inquiry but it has been slight. Discussions are at present in progress with the company with a view to speeding up the development of th...
The money involved is as I stated here.
No further commitment.
I have not got it here. The total sum was about £1,000,000.
The management have been over and I have sent people to meet them. They are quite confident that the project will go ahead. I understand they have orders.
I understand they have, but I have no detailed information here.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Assessment of Redundancy.
The Second Programme for Economic Expansion is based on the assumption that by 1970 trade between this country, Britain, and the European Economic Community will be substantially free and it envisages...
Yes.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment in Motor Assembly Industry.
I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together. At the present stage of the negotiations with Britain it is not possible to say what final propos...
I was not offering comfort to anybody.
I was not attempting to offer comfort. The representatives of the industry have had the hypothetical situation explained to them and I think they are quite aware——
I am not saying they are happy, but they are aware of the position in the event of a certain trading agreement being reached.
The CIO Reports were based on what would happen with the emergence of free trade and they estimated a reduction of existing employment in industry of about seven per cent, which would be more than com...
I did not say so.
This is the whole reason the Parliamentary Secretary has been charged with getting the manpower policy into action. There will be changes in employment in some types of industry. Some workers in thi...
This is the whole idea of a manpower policy.
The Deputy is asking me to give an assurance that life will never change for anybody and that everything will always be comfortable. That is not likely to happen in this or any other country.
We have to meet realities and either sink or swim. I do not think we are going to sink.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Import of Foreign Matches.
Imports of foreign manufactured matches in the past five years have been as follows:
It depends on what side you want to be on. We have only one firm producing matches and they are protected. Does the Deputy want to create a situation where they have no competition at all?
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports of Kraft Paper.
The pure kraft paper that has been imported under licence from the USA is of a type that is not manufactured here. It is being imported by manufacturers for use in a further process of manufacture an...
They tried to produce it and found it would not be economic. It is an automated process which takes a lot of machinery. It was not economic to produce it here. If we did not import it, they would n...
I know they did it, but it was not economic to do so. Automated machinery is required for it.
If the Deputy could give me any firmer knowledge than that of the workers, I would do so.
I shall inquire into it again. I cannot say what way I will do it.
It is an automated process.
It will not give any more employment. It is an automated process.
I am informed that the quantity and value of imports of kraft paper during the periods mentioned by the Deputy were: 1963, 72,038 cwts. valued £239,714; 1964, 65,381 cwts. valued £186,287 and 1965, to...
I take seriously the Deputy's suggestion that there is another side to this story. I shall deal with this but I would rather be left alone in regard to the way I deal with it.
I shall.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Order for Printing of Tickets.
I am not aware that any of the State-sponsored companies for which I am responsible has placed the order referred to by the Deputy. I expect these companies to give preference to Irish-manufactured go...
I am not aware of that nor would I like to comment on it without checking it.
I should like to know if it is true before I do anything.
Would the Deputy swear to the fact that they asked them that?
The letter does say that the tickets are produced in Britain?
The letter says that?
An extraordinary statement.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Irish Pavilion at World Fair.
The estimated attendance at the Pavilion of Ireland at the New York World's Fair, 1964/65 was 1,838,000 during the 1964 session and 2,039,000 during the 1965 session making a total estimated attendanc...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Civil Servants in State and Semi-State Bodies.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report. Following is the statement: DETAILS of the...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Department of Industry and Commerce Post.
A post of Deputy Assistant Secretary was created in my Department on 30th July, 1965. The salary scale attaching to the post is:
I am only answering the question the Deputy asked me.
He is married.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Directors and Shareholders of State-aided Companies.
All relevant information, including, where necessary, the names and addresses of the directors and shareholders, is obtained from companies who receive State aid from my Department and the State-spons...
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