Could I draw the attention of the Minister of State to the fact that there are suggestions that the Nissan company may be about to establish a major motor car manufacturing unit in Great Britian? Would he make sure that the people involved in this area to which Questions Nos. 9, 10 and 11 refer, will be alert to the possibility of supplying components to this vast new Nissan project, if it does get under way?

I am not aware of any decision by the Nissan company to establish an assembly industry in Great Britian. Of course, if there is a possibility for Irish companies to supply components to the British company, they will get every encouragement from my Department.