asked the Minister for Finance whether he will state the amount expended during the year 1928-29 in respect of each of the following items referred to by him as Abnormal Expenditure in his Financial Statement to the Dáil on the 25th April, 1928:—(1) Vote 8: Local Loans Fund—provision in respect of new capital, £142,000; (2) Vote 11: Public Works and Building— £374,000 for sites, new works, alterations and additions, and £10,000, the total provision in respect of compensation for premises commandeered by the Army, £384,000; (3) Vote 14: Property Losses Compensation, the entire provision, £546,780; (4) Vote 52: Department of Agriculture—Subheads F. 5 and F. 6, £32,000; provision for capital grants to Universities; Sub-head M. 4, £3,000, being the amount by which it is anticipated loans for agricultural purposes will exceed repayments; Sub-head M. 5, Loans to Co-operate Societies, £35,000, the whole provision, £70,000; (5) Vote 53: Forestry Service, £25,000 out of a total of £52,000 provided for acquisition of land and cultural operations, £25,000; (6) Vote 54: Land Commission—Subhead I. Improvement of Estates, £223,200, being that part of a total provision, £323,200, which may be regarded as abnormal, £223,200; (7) Vote 55: Advances to Agricultural Societies, £20,000, the total provision, £20,000; (8) Vote 64: The Army—£304,433, being the estimated expenditure in excess of £1,500,000, £304,433; (9) Vote 65: Army Pensions—£75,000, the part of the estimated expenditure on Army Pensions which may be regarded as abnormal, £75,000; and (10) Central Fund Services—£219,924, provision for repayment with interest of Dáil Eireann Internal Loan, and £225,000 for the purchase of shares in the Agricultural Credit Corporation, £444,924.
Ceist—Question. Written Answer. - Abnormal Expenditure.
The exact particulars asked for by the Deputy will not be available until the Appropriation Accounts are rendered, but, on the basis of the best information at my disposal, the approximate figures for expenditure under the various heads indicated by the Deputy during the year 1928-29 are as follows:—
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£ |
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Vote8. |
Local Loans |
142,000 |
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,,11. |
Sites, New Works, etc. |
147,000 |
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,,11. |
Compensation for Commandeered Premises |
4,000 |
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,,14. |
Property Losses Compensation |
436,500 |
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,,52. |
Department of Agriculture:— |
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Capital Grants to Universities |
18,500 |
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Sub-head M.4 |
— |
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Sub-head M.5 |
30,000 |
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,,53. |
Forestry: Cultural operations, etc. |
22,000 |
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,,54. |
Land Commission: Improvement of Estates |
126,800 |
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,,55. |
Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies |
9,200 |
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,,64. |
Army |
289,000 |
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,,65. |
Army Pensions |
23,929 |
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Dáil Eireann (Internal) Loan, 1919-20 Repayment |
75,000 |
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Purchase of shares in the Agricultural Credit Corporation |
73,071 |
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Total |
1,397,000 |