I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £3,130 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1947, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice.
The amounts required under sub-heads A (1), (2), and (3) represent increased salaries of members of the headquarters staff. The saving on sub-head A is due to delays in filling staff vacancies and the fact that new appointees enter at lower salaries than their predecessors. A sum of £350 a year has been provided for the part-time salary of a legal assistant to the Secretary of the Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee. Then under sub-head F, provision is made for the purchase of sound and projection apparatus in the Film Censor's Office. The present apparatus is very old. It is 20 years old and it is actually damaging the films. Expenses incurred in connection with the censor's office are recovered in censorship fees but at the same time we have to make provision for them.