I move:—
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £75,802 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1927, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí an Oireachtais.
That a sum not exceeding £75,802 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1927, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas.
The Deputies will notice that the same principle has been adopted this year as in previous years. Provision has been made for salaries and allowances of Teachtaí who have been elected to the Dáil. The Estimate shows a nominal increase over the estimate of last year under sub-head (a), but that is purely a book-keeping increase. The cause of the apparent increase is that the figure for 1925-26 is a revised figure. It was revised downwards from the original figure when a supplementary estimate was required to provide for the grant-in-aid of the Joint House Committee and the extra grant to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The sums required then were found by saving, with the exception of about £10, which was found by means of a supplementary estimate. The result was that the original provision under sub-head (a) was written down and the revised figure is here given for the purpose of comparison. There are reductions in the travelling expenses of Teachtaí and Seanadoirí. Those reductions are based upon last year's figures. I do not think there are any other features of the Estimate to which it is necessary to refer.