asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the progress, if any, which has been made by the IDA in the construction of the advance factory building on their site at Clieveragh, Listowel, County Kerry as planned in November 1971.

I am informed by the Industrial Development Authority that the legal formalities for the acquisition of a site from the Kerry County Council are now being finalised and that construction of the advance factory is expected to commence in the autumn.