AQW 29027/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the businesses that received any of the £1.61million that was provided to 21 businesses for fossil fuel and mineral extraction by Invest NI over the last 5 years.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 1 February 2022
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 1 February 2022
- Answer due by
- 9 February 2022
- Answered
- 14 February 202213 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
Invest NI uses the UK Standard Industrial Classification (UK SIC) of economic activities to categorise supported business. The sector most relevant to this question is ‘Mining and Quarrying’, and those businesses classified as such have been used to provide this answer. Table 1 below details the businesses, within Mining and Quarrying, which have received the £1.61 million Invest NI assistance. A description of the activity of the business based on SIC codes has also been provided to give more detail.
Table 1 -Invest NI Businesses Assisted Within Mining and Quarrying (2016-17 to 2020-21)
| MINING AND QUARRYING |
| 8.11 - Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate |
| James Stevenson (Quarries) Ltd |
| McGirr Brothers Quarries |
| Robinson Quarry Masters Limited |
| 8.12 - Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin |
| Milltown Gravel Ltd |
| TJC Sand and Gravel Ltd |
| 8.91 - Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals |
| Irish Wheatgrass Juice Ltd |
| New Gen Agri |
| Pip Chemicals |
| 8.92 - Extraction of peat |
| Bulrush Horticulture Limited |
| Evergreen Horticultural Products |
| Mc. Don Peat Supplies Limited |
| McCann Bros |
| Simpro Ireland |
| Westland Horticulture Limited |
| 8.93 - Extraction of salt |
| Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Company Limited |
| Wilson Salt Limited |
| 8.99 - Other mining and quarrying n.e.c. |
| Collen Brothers (Quarries) Limited |
| Edentrillick Quarries Limited |
| King Bros Quarry |
| M W Johnston & Son Ltd. |
| W&J Chambers Concrete Products Ltd |
For the Member’s future reference, Invest NI proactively publishes a full breakdown of financial support offered to every business on the NI Open Data online portal which can be accessed from the following link: Invest NI Open Data).