HC Deb 16 January 1995 vol 252 cc325-6W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the hotels that have received Northern Ireland tourist board, European Union or International Fund for Ireland capital development grants in 1994, 1993 and 1992, with the amount of grant awarded in each case, and the rate of grant expressed as a percentage of the total eligible cost of the development.

Mr. Ancram

The hotels which accepted offers of selective assistance from the Northern Ireland tourist board under its tourism development scheme in each year were:

Hotel Selective assistance offered (£) Percentage of estimate eligible project cost
1994
Causeway Hotel 100,000 20
Waterfoot Hotel 80,000 10
Calgorm Manor 355,000 30
Roe Park Hotel 2,150,000 47
Killyhevlin Hotel 200,000 19
1993
Manor House Hotel 430,000 23
Clandeboye Lodge Hotel 450,000 31
Marine Court Hotel 450,000 16
1992
Glenavon House Hotel 450,000 25
Brown Trout Inn 80,000 21
Feneghy House Hotel 177,000 34
Bushtown House Hotel 26,000 5

The following hotels accepted offers of assistance under European Union tourism programmes toward the cost of specific visitor facilities such as conference centres, activity and leisure facilities. In each case, the offer of grant represented 40 per cent. of the estimated eligible costs.

Hotel Assistance offered (£)
1994
Marine Court Hotel 500,000
Waterfoot Hotel 166,000
Roe Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club 950,000
1993
Glenavon House Hotel 300,000
Manor House Hotel 200,000
1992
Beech Hill Country House Hotel 26,000
Bushtown House Hotel 61,670
Fenaghy House Hotel 29,590

Grants to hotels from the International Fund for Ireland, is a matter for the independent board of the fund, under its chairman, Mr. W. T McCarter.