APPENDIX 7
BILATERAL AID PROGRAMME, 1977
The projects financed under the Programme in 1977 are listed in the attached statement, as are the amounts expended on each project and, where relevant, the implementing Irish organisation. They are set out under five headings, viz., Priority Countries (Lesotho, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and India), Non-Priority Countries, Training and Courses, Grants to Educational and Other Institutions, and Co-financing (with Irish voluntary agencies), Development Education and Other Assistance.
An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha,
22 Eanáir, 1980.
Bilateral Aid Programme, 1977
Project |
Implementing Body |
Expenditure |
Projects in Priority Countries |
Lesotho |
|
£ |
Hololo: valley irrigation project |
An Foras Talúntais |
80,600 |
Basotho: pony breeding |
Department of Agriculture |
1,055 |
Lesotho: distance teaching centre |
Direct |
46,979 |
Teyateyaneng: knitting factory |
IIRS |
40,000 |
Lesotho Electricity Corporation |
ESB |
29,856 |
Hotel management fellowships |
Galway RTC |
5,100 |
Leprosy eradication assistance |
Irish Leprosy Association |
10,500 |
Survey of construction capacity of Lesotho Government |
Coopers & Lybrand Nicholas O’Dwyer and Partners |
6,198 |
Tourism survey |
Bord Fáilte |
1,611 |
Sudan |
|
|
Feasibility study on setting up dairying plant at Gezira |
An Foras Talúntais |
7,002 |
Agricultural fellowships |
An Foras Talúntais |
4,944 |
Training in consulting skills |
IMI |
21,326 |
Librarianship course |
TCD/NIHE |
5,000 |
Electricity survey |
ESB |
10,000 |
Tanzania |
|
|
Training of staff of Tanzania Electric Supply Company |
ESB |
45,000 |
Technical assistance to Tanzania Carpet Company |
Irish Ropes |
3,927 |
Zambia |
|
|
Training of hospital administrators |
IPA |
40,000 |
India |
|
|
Preliminary meeting costs re possible survey |
12.50 |
Projects in Non-Priority Countries |
Columbia |
|
|
Non-formal training |
St. Patrick’s College |
8,977 |
Jordan |
|
|
Hotel management fellowships |
Galway RTC |
826 |
Cairo |
|
|
Rehabilitation programme |
Irish Missionary Union |
600 |
TRAINING AND COURSES
|
£ |
Production/testing of anti-leprosy drug |
Medical Research Council of Ireland |
250 |
Course in inorganic chemistry |
UCD |
7,101 |
Training in free zone management |
SFADCO |
31,216 |
Training in trade promotion |
CTT & UCD |
39,400 |
Systems development course |
TCD |
25,000 |
Training of Southern Africans in airlines development |
Aer Lingus |
1,729 |
Representation at Conference on the Impacts of Applied Microbiology in Bangkok |
National Science Council |
400 |
Grants to Educational and other Institutions |
Irish Council for Overseas Students |
6,000 |
Co-Financing and Other Assistance |
Voluntary agencies |
58,271 |
Total Expenditure in 1977: |
£538,883 |
Vote for International Cooperation 1977
Subhead F: |
Payments for the Benefit of Developing Countries arising from Membership of the EEC |
|
Original Grant |
£1,740,000 |
|
|
Less Supplementary |
490,525 |
|
|
Total |
1,249,475 |
|
|
Expenditure |
£1,249,475 |
|
Breakdown of Expenditure: |
1. |
Payments to the 4th European Development Fund established under the Convention of Lomé |
£1,059,475 |
2. |
First instalment of Ireland’s contribution to the international Fund for Agricultural Development |
190,000 |
|
£1,249,475 |
|
