I move:—
"Go ndeontar suim bhreise ná raghaidh thar £10 chun íoctha an mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh Márta, 1942, chun Costaisí Ilghnéitheacha áirithe, maraon le Deontaisí áirithe i gCabhair agus íocaíochtaí Cúitimh mar gheall ar Bhás no ar Dhíobhála Pearsanta.
That a supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1942, for certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries."
The purpose of this supplementary vote is to enable an additional grant of £200 to be paid in the current financial year to the Royal Irish Academy in aid of their expenses. Representations were made to me by the Academy and as a result I have agreed, subject to the approval of the Dáil, to increase their subvention by £400 for a period of 12 months, £200 to be given in the current year and the balance next year. Though it is estimated that there would be ample savings on the Vote already passed to meet the payment in the present year in the interval a supplementary grant is necessary to enable them to be utilised as the annual assistance to the Academy is provided by way of Grant-in-Aid and the rules as to Parliamentary control of expenditure do not permit of a Grant-in-Aid being increased without the sanction of the Dáil.
