asked the Minister for Finance if he will give particulars of the expenditure of the sum of £2,500,000 forecasted in Budget speech of 1936 for relief of unemployment under the following heads: (1) public health works; (2) housing development; (3) harbour works; (4) airports; (5) experimental works; (6) miscellaneous works.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Expenditure.
The Deputy is referred to the recent statement made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance on the introduction of the Estimate for Employment Schemes for 1937-38.
The allocations and estimated expenditure to 31st March, 1937, for each of the items referred to by the Deputy are as follows:—
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TotalAllocation. |
Estimated Expenditure to 31st March, 1937. |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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(1) |
Public Health Works |
£807,000 |
£434,545 |
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(2) |
Housing Sites Development |
167,000 |
22,000 |
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(3) |
Harbour Works |
57,000 |
7,000 |
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(4) |
Airports |
Nil |
Nil |
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(5) |
Experimental Schemes |
4,600 |
4,600 |
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(6) |
Miscellaneous |
1,364,560 |
709,368 |
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£2,400,160 |
£1,177,513 |
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These sums include the contributions made by local authorities.
The precise figures of expenditure to the 31st March, 1937, will not be available for some time; the figures in column (3) represent the estimates received from the various Departments.