US industry promotion expenditure
The Minister reported provisional 1976 US expenditure of £974,000 by the IDA promoting Ireland for industrial projects and £466,250 by Córas Tráchtála promoting Irish exports.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the amount spent by the IDA and Córas Tráchtála on the promotion of industry for Ireland in the USA in the year 1976 or the latest date for which figures are available.
Comment on this
In 1976 the IDA incurred expenditure of £974,000 in the US on the promotion of Ireland as a location for industrial projects of US origin. Córas Tráchtála on the promote industry as such. The amount spent by Córas Tráchtála on the promotion of Irish exports to the USA in 1976 was £466,250. In both cases the figures cited are provisional ones and may be adjusted when the accounts of the two bodies are finalised.