I move:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £4,500 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1940, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí Oifig an tSoláthair; chun Páipéararachais, Clódóireachta, Páipéir, Greamuíochta agus Leabhra Clóbhuailte i gcóir na Seirbhíse Puiblí; agus chun Ilsheirbhísí Ilghnéitheacha maraon le Tuairiscí Díospóireachtaí an Oireachtais.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £4,500 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1940, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates.
The increase on this Vote has been dictated almost entirely by the additional costs incurred in purchasing stocks of paper in advance of normal requirements so as to provide additional reserves to meet the emergency period. A general instruction was issued to all Departments early in the current financial year advising them to secure adequate supplies of raw material and necessities essential to the discharge of their functions. Following on this instruction the Stationery Office expended £11,500 on the accumulation of stocks of paper. The original Estimate was £43,000 for this service. The revised Estimate will amount to £54,500. A certain proportion of the £11,500, but a small one, is attributable to the higher costs of material acquired since last September. This material had to bear the increase in price which followed from the outbreak of the war, including increases in freight and insurance.
