I move:—
Go ndeontar i gcuntas suim nách mó ná £7,744,365 chun no le haghaidh íoctha na muirearacha a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1931, i gcóir seirbhísí áirithe puiblí, eadhon:-- |
That a sum not exceeding £7,744,365 be granted on account for or towards defraying the Charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1931, for certain public services, namely:— |
£ |
£ |
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1 |
Teaghlachas an tScanascail |
1,850 |
1 |
Governor-General's Establishment |
1,850 |
2 |
An tOireachtas |
40,000 |
2 |
Oireachtas |
40,000 |
3 |
Roinn Uachtarán na hArd-Chomhairle |
4,140 |
3 |
Department of the President of the Executive Council |
4,140 |
4 |
An tArd-Scrúdóir |
6,000 |
4 |
Comptroller and AuditorGeneral |
6,000 |
5 |
Oifig an Aire Airgid |
20,000 |
5 |
Office of the Minister for Finance |
20,000 |
6 |
Oifig na gCoimisinéirí Ioncuim |
222,000 |
6 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
222,000 |
7 |
Pinsin tSean-Aoise |
922,000 |
7 |
Old Age Pensions |
922,000 |
8 |
Iasachtaí Aitiúla |
484,000 |
8 |
Local Loans |
484,000 |
9 |
Coimisiúin agus Fiosrúcháin Speisialta |
3,650 |
9 |
Commissions and Special Inquiries |
3,650 |
10 |
Oifig na nOibreacha Puiblí |
33,000 |
10 |
Office of Public Works |
33,000 |
11 |
Oibreacha agus Foirgintí Puiblí |
223,000 |
11 |
Public Works and Buildings |
223,000 |
12 |
Saotharlann Stáit |
2,370 |
12 |
State Laboratory |
2,370 |
13 |
Coimisiún na Stát-Sheirbhise |
4,200 |
13 |
Civil Service Commission |
4,200 |
14 |
Cúiteamh i gCailliúna Maoine |
84,000 |
14 |
Property Losses Compensation |
84,000 |
15 |
Cúiteamh i nDíobhála Pearsanta |
1,000 |
15 |
Personal Injuries Compensation |
1,000 |
16 |
Aois-Liúntaisí agus Liún-taisí Fágála |
600,000 |
16 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
600,000 |
17 |
Rátaí ar Mhaoin an Rialtais |
31,200 |
17 |
Rates on Government Property |
31,200 |
18 |
An tSeirbhís Shieréideach |
3,500 |
18 |
Secret Service |
3,500 |
19 |
Coimisiún na nDleacht |
800 |
19 |
Tariff Commission |
800 |
20 |
Costaisí fén Acht Timpeal Toghachán, agus fé Acht na nGiúiríthe |
Nil |
20 |
Expenses under the Electoral Act, and the Juries Act |
Nil |
21 |
Costaisí Ilghnéitheacha |
2,219 |
21 |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
2,219 |
22 |
Soláthar agus Cló-bhuala |
45,000 |
22 |
Stationery and Printing |
45,000 |
23 |
Measadóireacht agus Suirbhéireacht Teorann |
11,826 |
23 |
Valuation and Boundary Survey |
11,826 |
24 |
Suirbhéireacht an Ordonáis |
15,000 |
24 |
Ordnance Survey |
15,000 |
25 |
Deontas Breise Talmhaíochta |
300,000 |
25 |
Supplementary Agricultural Grant |
300,000 |
26 |
Dlí Mhuirearacha |
20,000 |
26 |
Law Charges |
20,000 |
27 |
Longlann Inis Sionnach |
1,380 |
27 |
Haulbowline Dockyard |
1,380 |
28 |
Príomh-scoileanna agus Coláistí |
77,000 |
28 |
Universities and Colleges |
77,000 |
29 |
Congnamh Airgid do Shiúicre Bhiatais |
Nil |
29 |
Beet Sugar Subsidy |
Nil |
30 |
Oifig an tSaor-Chíosa |
1,400 |
30 |
Quit Rent Office |
1,400 |
31 |
Oifig an Aire Dlí agus Cirt |
13,500 |
31 |
Office of the Minister for Justice |
13,500 |
32 |
Gárda Síochána |
580,000 |
32 |
Gárda Síochána |
580,000 |
33 |
Príosúin |
30,000 |
33 |
Prisons |
30,000 |
34 |
Cúirt Dúithche |
13,360 |
34 |
District Court |
13,360 |
35 |
Cúirt Uachtarach agus Ard-Chúirt an Bhreithiúnais |
19,150 |
35 |
Supreme Court and High Court of Justice |
19,150 |
36 |
Oifig Chlárathachta na Talmhan agus Oifig Chlárathachta na nDintiúirí |
17,000 |
36 |
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
17,000 |
37 |
An Chúirt Chuarda |
24,800 |
37 |
Circuit Court |
24,800 |
38 |
Oifig na nAnnálacha Puiblí |
1,840 |
38 |
Public Record Office |
1,840 |
39 |
Tabhartaisí agus Tiomanta Déirciúla |
1,000 |
39 |
Charitable Donations and Bequests |
1,000 |
40 |
Rialtas Aitiúil agus Sláinte Puiblí |
162,000 |
40 |
Local Government and Public Health |
162,000 |
41 |
Oifig an Ard-Chlárathóra |
3,650 |
41 |
General Register Office |
3,650 |
42 |
Gealtlann Dúndroma |
5,150 |
42 |
Dundrum Asylum |
5,150 |
43 |
Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta |
102,000 |
43 |
National Health Insurance |
102,000 |
44 |
Oispidéil agus Otharlanna |
11,230 |
44 |
Hospitals and Infirmaries |
11,230 |
45 |
Oifig an Aire Oideachais |
57,300 |
45 |
Office of the Minister for Education |
57,300 |
46 |
Bun-Oideachas |
1,402,000 |
46 |
Primary Education |
1,402,000 |
47 |
Meadhon-Oideachas |
80,000 |
47 |
Secondary Education |
80,000 |
48 |
Ceárd-Oideachas |
40,000 |
48 |
Technical Instruction |
40,000 |
49 |
Eolaíocht agus Ealadhantacht |
13,500 |
49 |
Science and Art |
13,500 |
50 |
Scoileanna Ceartúcháin agus Saothair |
60,000 |
50 |
Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
60,000 |
51 |
An Gailerí Náisiúnta |
1,400 |
51 |
National Gallery |
1,400 |
52 |
Talmhaíocht |
158,500 |
52 |
Agriculture |
158,500 |
53 |
Foraoiseacht |
20,000 |
53 |
Forestry |
20,000 |
54 |
Iascach agus Seirbhísí na Gaeltachta |
19,000 |
54 |
Fisheries and Gaeltacht Services |
19,000 |
55 |
Coimisiún na Talmhan |
212,000 |
55 |
Land Commission |
212,000 |
56 |
Tionnseal agus Tráchtáil |
35,700 |
56 |
Industry and Commerce |
35,700 |
57 |
Bóithre Iarainn |
21,000 |
57 |
Railways |
21,000 |
58 |
An Bínse Bóthair Iarainn |
2,350 |
58 |
Railway Tribunal |
2,350 |
59 |
Muir-Sheirbhis |
3,200 |
59 |
Marine Service |
3,200 |
60 |
Arachas Díomhaointis |
76,370 |
60 |
Unemployment Insurance |
76,370 |
61 |
Oifig Chlárathachta Mhaoine Tionnscail agus Tráchtála |
7,390 |
61 |
Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office |
7,390 |
62 |
Puist agus Telegrafa |
749,000 |
62 |
Posts and Telegraphs |
749,000 |
63 |
Fóirleatha Nea-shrangach |
9,000 |
63 |
Wireless Broadcasting |
9,000 |
64 |
An tArm |
525,000 |
64 |
Army |
525,000 |
65 |
Arm-Phinsin |
72,000 |
65 |
Army Pensions |
72,000 |
66 |
Gnóthaí Coigríche |
20,000 |
66 |
External Affairs |
20,000 |
67 |
Cumann na Náisiún |
4,640 |
67 |
League of Nations |
4,640 |
68 |
Luach saothair chun costais bhainistí Stoc Rialtais is le Saorstát Eireann |
9,800 |
68 |
Remuneration for cost of management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann |
9,800 |
An tIomlán, |
£7,744,365 |
Total, |
£7,744,365 |
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Deputies will remember that the Vote on Account is intended to enable the public services to be carried on from 1st April until 31st July, by which date the ordinary estimates have to be passed, and also the Appropriation Bill. As a general rule, therefore, the amount asked for on account is about one-third of the total estimates. In certain cases it is not necessary to ask for any sum on account, as, for instance, in the case of the sugar beet subsidy and others, because no payment will fall due before 31st July. In some cases for a similar reason, less than one-third is required. In a certain number of cases also, because there are heavier payments in the early part of the financial year, it is necessary to ask for rather more than one-third.
No new services may be met out of moneys supplied by means of the Vote on Account. Deputies will see how that operates in the case of No. 63 (Wireless Broadcasting), where, although the total estimate is £75,386, only £9,000 is asked for on account, because £48,000 of the total estimate is intended to be applied towards the erection of a new broadcasting station. It would not be proper to meet any part of the cost of that new station out of the Vote on Account, and so what is asked for here is simply to meet one-third of the sum that remains after we deduct the cost of that station from the total vote for wireless broadcasting. Therefore, the broad position is that the Vote on Account enables the services which are already in existence to be carried on until the Estimates have been passed by the Dáil, and have been confirmed by way of an Appropriation Bill.
I might say that the Vote on Account does not really give an opportunity for the discussion of details of estimates. It affords an opportunity to the Dáil for the discussion of any point of general Government policy. I regret the Estimates are not in the hands of Deputies, but I am promised them from the printer for to-morrow evening, and they will certainly be in the hands of Deputies on Saturday.