Written question asked by Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 28 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial contribution in (a) sterling, (b) euros and (c) punts has been made by the Irish Government under the terms of the 1985 agreement for the sharing of certain costs incurred by the Commissioners of Lights in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Answer: John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial contribution in (a) sterling, (b) euros and (c) punts has been made by the Irish Government under the terms of the 1985 agreement for the sharing of certain costs incurred by the Commissioners of Lights in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years. [141748] Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is set out in the following table. Irish Government contributions for years 1997-98 to 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial years Sterling Euros Punts 1997-98 1,815,847 2,556,153 2,013,134 1998-99 1,448,449 2,317,770 1,825,392 1999-2000 1,146,745 1,811,703 1,426,832 2000-01 1,307,234 2,110,825 1,662,410 2001-021 2,063,889 3,214,780 2,531,845 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Conversion rate of euro to sterling used was the Bank of Ireland mid December 2002 rate of 0.6420. Note: Ir punts ceased as a currency on 1 January 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 141748; 415 c199-200W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Finance International cooperation Lighthouses Republic of Ireland Commissioners of Irish Lights
Contains statistics: Yes
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