Commissioners for Irish Lights

HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 c109W

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what sums have been paid in the last two years by his Department to the Commissioners for Irish Lights to assist them in meeting redundancy payments.

Mr. David Mitchell

The commissioners' costs are met not by my Department, but by the General Lighthouse Fund, with my right hon. Friend's consent. No payments in respect of redundancy were made in 1985–86 or 1986–87, but IR £59,270 have been paid in the current financial year so far.