Tuam factory financing and staffing
Treacy asked whether Cabinet had made financing recommendations for Tuam and how planned savings would affect employment. The Minister said Cabinet made no factory-specific funding recommendation and left staffing decisions to the company board.
Would the Minister agree that he considered a report which was presented to him by the Department of Agriculture and CSET about the Tuam sugar factory? Would he further agree that he was a member of the Cabinet when they made the decision to keep Tuam sugar factory open? Could he tell the House whether the Cabinet made any recommendation about financing for the Tuam sugar factory in 1984 or future years?
Comment on this
The Cabinet did not make any specific recommendations in relation to financing for individual sugar factories. We authorised the share capital to be increased by £20 million last December.
Comment on this
The Minister said that the Government decided that sugar processing would be continued in Tuam and we all welcome that. However, in view of what the chairman of CSET said concerning savings, would the Minister tell us what effect that will have on the level of the work force in Tuam?
