asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the steps he has taken to provide an industry for Macroom, County Cork, where there is a very high rate of unemployment.

Limerick East): I am informed by the Industrial Development Authority that it is actively promoting its 11 acres of land in Macroom for suitable industrial projects. During 1985 the Authority approved grant assistance for the expansion of two small industry projects in the town. To-date in 1986 a further two small industry projects have been approved grant assistance, one of which is a new project and the other an expansion of an existing industry.