I move:—
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £841 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh Márta, 1935, chun Roimhíocanna Ilghnéitheacha áirithe d'aisíoc leis an gCiste Teangmhais.
That a sum not exceeding £841 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1935, for the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain miscellaneous advances.
The purpose of the Contingency Fund is, as the House is aware, to defray urgent or unforeseen expenditure which is not covered by the ordinary Votes, and for which it may be impracticable to seek the immediate approval of the Dáil. Accordingly, the Minister for Finance may make advances from the fund to meet deficiencies on the ordinary Votes and for new services. Advances from the fund are repaid from the appropriate ordinary Votes where a Vote for the service for which the advance is made exists; in other cases, they are repaid from the Vote for the Repayments to the Contingency Fund. The purpose for which the repayments to the Contingency Fund are required in this case is set out very fully, I think, on the face of the Estimate.