I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £146,500 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1948, for Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1947, and sundry other Statutes: Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.
The need for the increased provision of £146,500 on this Vote arises mainly because of the adjustment of certain Civil Service pensions and lump sums authorised by the Superannuation Act, 1947, and of certain Garda pensions and gratuities which will fall to be made when the Garda Síochána (Pensions) Bill, 1947, becomes law. The additional amount shown under sub-head K (Garda Síochána) includes also provision to meet the extra charges resulting from increase in amount of new Garda pensions consequent on the improvement of the Garda salary scales.