I move:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise na raghaidh thar £16,000 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1941, chun Pinsean, Aois-Liúntais, Cuitimh, agus Liúntaisí agus Aiscí, breise agus eile, fé Reachtanna Iolardha (4 agus 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict. c. 26; 50 agus 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 agus 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 agus 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 agus 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 agus c. 68; 10 agus 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; Uimh. 1 de 1922; Uimh. 34 de 1923; Uimh. 7 de 1925; Uimh. 27 de 1926; Uimh. 11 agus Uimh. 36 de 1929; Uimh. 9 de 1934; Uimh. 39 de 1936; Uimh. 29 de 1938; Uimh. 16 de 1939; etc.) agus chun Pinsean, Liúntaisí agus Aiscí nach cinn Reachtúla agus a dheon an tAire Airgeadais; Tuarastail an Dochtúra Réitigh agus corr-tháillí do Dhoctúirí, etc.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £16,000 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1941, for Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and Other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statues (4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 and 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 and 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 and 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 and 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 and 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 32 of 1933; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; No. 16 of 1939; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.
The net sum of £16,000, provided in this Supplementary Estimate. is required to meet expenditure on the following items: (a) gratuities and additional allowances provided under sub-head B of the Vote for officers retiring or dying, and for female officers on marriage; and (b) agency payments on behalf of the British Government under sub-head D of the Vote. It has been necessary to make a further provision of £26,200 under sub-head B, that is, additional retiring allowances, as the original Estimate of £65,800 has proved inadequate to meet the charges arising in the present financial year. As the charges under this sub-head depend entirely on the incidence of deaths, marriages and retirements, and are further subject to fluctuation according as those occur among the higher or lower ranks, it is very difficult to estimate exactly for the sub-head. The expenditure on those items for the first nine months of the present financial year has been higher than in the same period of any previous year, a situation which could not possibly have been forecast when the Estimate was being framed. The further provision of £1,900 under sub-head D is necessary, in view of the rise in the official cost-of-living index number since the Estimate was framed. The expenditure under this sub-head is recovered in full from the British Government, but payment for the last quarter of the present financial year will not be received until after 31st March this year. The total supplementary provision required is £28,100, of which £12,100 can be supplied from savings on other sub-heads, leaving £16,000 as the net supplementary provision to meet the further sums which it is anticipated will come on charge in respect of sub-heads B and D up to the end of the financial year.