asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if, in view of the serious unemployment position in Mallow, he will treat as a matter of urgency the provision of an industry for the new IDA advance factory in the town's industrial estate which has been vacant for many months.

I have been informed by the Industrial Development Authority that they are making every effort to secure a project for the advance factory which was completed in May this year. Seven industrialists have visited the factory on IDA itineraries but so far no firm project has emerged for it. One of these industrialists has made a second visit to the factory and has included it in a short list of locations for a possible project.