I move:—
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £4,386 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1933, chun Deontas i gCabhair de Chostaisí Chumann na Náisiúin, agus chun Costaisí eile mar gheall air sin.
That a sum not exceeding £4,386 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, 1933, for a Grant-in-Aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith.
The total expenditure on this Vote for 1932-33 is £15,886 as against a total expenditure in 1931-32 of £12,480, made up of £11,355 original estimate and supplementary estimate of £1,125. There is, therefore, an increase of £3,406 as against last year. As regards the Grant-in-Aid of the expenditure of the League of Nations for the current year it will be seen that on a par rate of exchange the contribution would have been £9,771 or an increase of £728 as against the contribution in 1931-32 at a par rate of exchange. Owing to the abandonment of the gold standard in September, 1931, it has been found necessary to provide for the current year an additional sum of £4,011 for loss on exchange. The Note on page 314 of the printed estimates explains the basis on which the Saor-stát's contribution is arrived at. As regards the sub-head providing for the travelling and incidental expenses of delegations to Geneva—normally there would have been a decrease of £735 on this sub-head, but as in the case of the contribution to the League, provision had to be made for extra expenditure on account of depreciation in the national currency, following the abandonment of the gold standard. This extra sum is £527.