Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 30 Mar 1938

Vol. 70 No. 9

Committee on Finance. - Vote No. 9—Commissions and Special Inquiries.

Minister for Finance (Mr. MacEntee)

I move:—

Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £6,095 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, 1939, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí eile Coimisiún, Coistí agus Fiosrúchán Speisialta.

That a sum not exceeding £6,095 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, 1939, for the Salaries and other Expenses of Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries.

Mr. Brennan

Can the Minister say what Commissions he has in contemplation?

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance (Mr. Flinn)

Provision is made in this year's Estimate for the Central Savings Committee, Civil Servants' Compensation Board, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Commission on Irish in the Civil Service, and the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Marketing of Fruit and Vegetables.

Mr. Cosgrave

Has there been a report from the Commission on Irish in the Civil Service during the year?

Mr. Flinn

That is a permanent body.

Mr. Cosgrave

Does it issue a report?

Mr. Flinn

As occasion may require. There is no special report to bring to the notice of the Dáil at present.

Mr. Cosgrave

Has the other body issued a report into the marketing of fruit and vegetables?

Mr. Flinn

That is expected this year.

Vote put and agreed to.