I move:—
That a sum not exceeding £29,375,120 be granted on account for or towards defraying the Charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1952, for certain public services, namely:—
£ |
£ |
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1 |
Teaghlachas an Uachtaráin |
1,800 |
1 |
President's Establishment |
1,800 |
2 |
Tithe an Oireachtais |
64,200 |
2 |
Houses of the Oireachtas |
64,200 |
3 |
Roinn an Taoisigh |
7,600 |
3 |
Department of the Taoiseach |
7,600 |
4 |
An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh |
39,500 |
4 |
Central Statistics Office |
39,500 |
5 |
An tArd-Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste |
9,980 |
5 |
Comptroller and Auditor-General |
9,980 |
6 |
Oifig an Aire Airgeadais |
50,400 |
6 |
Office of the Minister for Finance |
50,400 |
7 |
Oifig na gCoimisinéirí Ioncaim |
477,300 |
7 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
477,300 |
8 |
Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí |
77,000 |
8 |
Office of Public Works |
77,000 |
9 |
Oibreacha agus Foirgintí Poiblí |
1,050,000 |
9 |
Public Works and Buildings |
1,050,000 |
10 |
Scéimeanna Fostaíochta agus Eigeandála |
250,000 |
10 |
Employment and Emergency Schemes |
250,000 |
11 |
Bainistí Stoc Rialtais |
28,400 |
11 |
Management of Government Stocks |
28,400 |
12 |
An tSaotharlann Stáit |
4,700 |
12 |
State Laboratory |
4,700 |
13 |
Coimisiún na Stát-Sheirbhíse |
15,600 |
13 |
Civil Service Commission |
15,600 |
14 |
Bord Cuartaíochta na hÉireann |
25,000 |
14 |
Irish Tourist Board |
25,000 |
15 |
Coimisiúin agus Fiosrúcháin Speisialta |
2,400 |
15 |
Commissions and Special Inquiries |
2,400 |
16 |
Aoisliúntais agus Liúntais Scoir |
330,000 |
16 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
330,000 |
17 |
Rátaí ar Mhaoin Rialtais |
80,000 |
17 |
Rates on Government Property |
80,000 |
18 |
An tSeirbhís Sicréideach |
2,000 |
18 |
Secret Service |
2,000 |
19 |
Costais faoin Acht Toghchán agus faoi Acht na nGiúirithe |
— |
19 |
Expenses under Electoral Act and the Juries Act |
— |
20 |
Deontais Fhorlíontacha Talmhaíochta |
1,100,000 |
20 |
Supplementary Agricultural Grants |
1,100,000 |
21 |
Dlí-Mhuirir |
38,200 |
21 |
Law Charges |
38,200 |
22 |
Ollscoileanna agus Coláistí |
234,000 |
22 |
Universities and Colleges |
234,000 |
23 |
Costais Ilghnéitheacha |
5,800 |
23 |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
5,800 |
24 |
Páipéarachas agus Clódóireacht |
227,000 |
24 |
Stationery and Printing |
227,000 |
25 |
Luacháil agus Suirbhéireacht Teorann |
17,300 |
25 |
Valuation and Boundary Survey |
17,300 |
26 |
Suirbhéireacht an Ordanáis |
15,920 |
26 |
Ordnance Survey |
15,920 |
27 |
Talmhaíocht |
4,693,850 |
27 |
Agriculture |
4,693,850 |
28 |
Iascach |
64,860 |
28 |
Fisheries |
64,860 |
29 |
Oifig an Aire Dlí agus Cirt |
22,810 |
29 |
Office of the Minister for Justice |
22,810 |
30 |
An Garda Síochána |
1,027,460 |
30 |
Garda Síochána |
1,027,460 |
31 |
Príosúin |
60,880 |
31 |
Prisons |
60,880 |
32 |
An Chúirt Dúiche |
24,600 |
32 |
District Court |
24,600 |
33 |
An Chúirt Chuarda |
34,390 |
33 |
Circuit Court |
34,390 |
34 |
An Chúirt Uachtarach agus an Ard-Chúirt Bhreithiú- nais |
25,800 |
34 |
Supreme Court and High Court of Justice |
25,800 |
35 |
Clarlann na Talún agus Clarlann na nDintiúirí |
27,690 |
35 |
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
27,690 |
36 |
Oifig na nAnnálacha Poiblí |
2,630 |
36 |
Public Record Office |
2,630 |
37 |
Tabhartais agus Tiomanta Déirciúla |
1,340 |
37 |
Charitable Donations and Bequests |
1,340 |
38 |
Rialtas Aitiúil |
2,396,000 |
38 |
Local Government |
2,396,000 |
39 |
Oifig an Aire Oideachais |
97,000 |
39 |
Office of the Minister for Education |
97,000 |
40 |
Bun-Oideachas |
2,400,000 |
40 |
Primary Education |
2,400,000 |
41 |
Meán-Oideachas |
235,000 |
41 |
Secondary Education |
235,000 |
42 |
Ceard-Oideachas |
230,000 |
42 |
Technical Instruction |
230,000 |
43 |
Eolaíocht agus Ealaí |
38,000 |
43 |
Science and Art |
38,000 |
44 |
Scoileanna Ceartúcháin agus Scoileanna Saothair |
96,000 |
44 |
Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
96,000 |
45 |
Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Atha Cliath |
19,000 |
45 |
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
19,000 |
46 |
An Dánlann Náisiúnta |
2,830 |
46 |
National Gallery |
2,830 |
47 |
Tailte |
703,860 |
47 |
Lands |
703,860 |
48 |
Foraoiseacht |
362,500 |
48 |
Forestry |
362,500 |
49 |
Seirbhísí na Gaeltachta |
360,000 |
49 |
Gaeltacht Services |
360,000 |
50 |
Tionscal agus Tráchtáil |
1,037,000 |
50 |
Industry and Commerce |
1,037,000 |
51 |
Seirbhísí Iompair agus Muirí |
123,000 |
51 |
Transport and Marine Services |
123,000 |
52 |
Seirbhísí Eitlíochta agus Metéaraíochta |
174,000 |
52 |
Aviation and Meteorological Services |
174,000 |
53 |
An Oifig Chlaraitheachta Maoine Tionscail agus Tráchtála |
6,600 |
53 |
Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office |
6,600 |
54 |
Poist agus Telegrafa |
2,328,000 |
54 |
Posts and Telegraphs |
2,328,000 |
55 |
Forleathadh Neamhshreangach |
68,100 |
55 |
Wireless Broadcasting |
68,100 |
56 |
Cosaint |
1,692,290 |
56 |
Defence |
1,692,290 |
57 |
Arm-Phinsin |
295,810 |
57 |
Army Pensions |
295,810 |
58 |
Gnóthaí Eachtracha |
125,600 |
58 |
External Affairs |
125,600 |
59 |
Comhar san Eoraip |
10,410 |
59 |
European Co-operation |
10,410 |
60 |
Oifig an Aire Leasa Shóisialaigh |
115,340 |
60 |
Office of the Minister for Social Welfare |
115,340 |
61 |
Pinsin Sean-Aoise |
2,413,300 |
61 |
Old Age Pensions |
2,413,300 |
62 |
Liúntais Leanaí |
747,300 |
62 |
Children's Allowances |
747,300 |
63 |
Arachas Dífhostaíochta agus Cúnamh Dífhostaíochta |
487,000 |
63 |
Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Assistance |
487,000 |
64 |
Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaithe |
347,350 |
64 |
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions |
347,350 |
65 |
Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta |
189,000 |
65 |
National Health Insurance |
189,000 |
66 |
Iltseirbhísí Leasa Shóisialaigh |
75,600 |
66 |
Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services |
75,600 |
67 |
Sláinte |
1,990,000 |
67 |
Health |
1,990,000 |
68 |
Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora |
5,820 |
68 |
General Register Office |
5,820 |
69 |
Gealtlann Dúndroma |
13,000 |
69 |
Dundrum Asylum |
13,000 |
70 |
Cúnamh Teicniúil |
50,000 |
70 |
Technical Assistance |
50,000 |
AN TIOMLAN |
£29,375,120 |
TOTAL |
£29,375,120 |
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This Vote on Account is a regular feature, of course, of the financial system. As Deputies are no doubt aware it is required to enable the Supply Services to be carried on until the individual Estimates have been passed and the Appropriation Act has become law. As Dáil Éireann usually completes the examination of the Estimates during the first four months of the financial year, it is the practice to provide only sufficient money in the Vote on Account to enable the public services to be carried on until the 31st July approximately. This year the amount required is £29,375,120. The items are set out on the White Paper already circulated and now reproduced on the Order Paper. One-third approximately of the total net estimate for the year is asked for in most cases. There are here and there some cases where more than one-third is required because expenditure is heaviest in the first four months of the financial year and others where it is less than one-third for the opposite reason.
Because of the early date by which the Estimates Volume had to be circulated this year it was not possible to show the effect of the Supplementary and Additional Estimates that were taken into account in arriving at the 1950-51 figures. In the remarks that follow comparisons are made with the original Estimates for 1950-51.
The total of the net Estimates for 1951-52 is £83,036,048. On the basis of the classification of the Estimates into capital services and other services, which was introduced last year, this sum may be split into £12,079,705 for capital services and £70,956,343 for other services. This, in relation to the original Estimates for 1950-51, represents a decrease of £37,225 on capital services and an increase of £4,946,040 on other services.
The total amount proposed in the Estimates for capital services shows little change from the 1950-51 provision. Within that total, however, the main shifts in emphasis may be stated briefly as follows: Increases of £650,000 for housing, including Gaeltacht housing and housing for turf workers; £484,970 for forestry, including £193,000 for reserve stocks, and £201,000 for new buildings and reconstruction works, offset by the following decreases: £755,000 for agriculture; £530,000 for grants under the Local Authorities (Works) Act, 1949; £130,000 for sanitary services works, and £104,700 for aviation and meteorological services.
Deputies will notice that provision previously made via the Transition Development Fund is now the subject of special provision in the Vote for Local Government. I would like, once again, to emphasise the fact that, for a full amount of capital outlay financed by borrowing, regard must be had not only to the capital services included in the Estimates Volume but also to direct issues from the Central Fund for advances to the Electricity Supply Board, the Local Loans Fund, etc., estimates of which appear in the White Paper of receipts and expenditure published prior to the Budget.
Turning now from the capital to the other services, which show an increase of £4,946,040, I may mention that roughly £1.8 million is in respect of provision for reserve stocks. The Estimates mainly responsible for the increase of £4.9 million are Posts and Telegraphs (£1,223,400, of which £806,600 is for reserve stocks); Defence (£1,100,160, including £159,800 for reserve stocks); Health (£618,500, including £200,000 for reserve stocks), and Industry and Commerce (£505,170).
Particulars of reserve purchases (i.e., purchases in excess of 1951-52 requirements) included in the non-capital services are as follows:—
Posts and Telegraphs |
£806,600 |
Gaeltacht Services |
228,800 |
Public Works and Buildings |
220,500 |
Health |
200,000 |
Defence |
159,800 |
Garda Síochána |
85,900 |
Stationery and Printing |
80,000 |
Prisons |
8,400 |
In 1948-49, expenditure on the Supply Services amounted to £64,638,094. Deducting from this total the expenditure on items now regarded as capital services, the expenditure on non-capital services in 1948-49 amounted to £62,709,953. The corresponding estimate for 1951-52 is £70,956,343. If, for the sake of comparability, the provision for reserve stocks included in the latter figure is deducted (£1.8 million approximately), the difference between actual expenditure on non-capital services in 1948-49 and estimated expenditure on such services excluding reserve stocks in 1951-52 is approximately £6½ million. An examination of the figures shows that the increase has occurred mainly under two headings—social services including health and education. Social and health services accounted for an expenditure of £12.5 million in 1948-49 and are estimated at £16.2 million for 1951-52—an increase of £3.7 million. The various educational services accounted for an expenditure of £7.5 million in 1948-49 and are estimated to require over £9.2 million in 1951-52— an increase of £1.7 million. Between them these two groups of services are responsible for an increase of £5.4 million. There has been an increase of £526,000 in the supplementary agricultural grant, of £144,000 in the Vote for Lands, £302,000 in the Vote for Defence, £182,000 in the External Affairs Vote and £168,000 in the provision for Civil Service pensions. For the Civil Service as a whole, including manual and industrial workers, total remuneration has increased from £9.1 million in early 1948 to about £10.7 million at present. The cost of goods purchased by Government Departments has also risen since 1948-49; the wholesale price index shows a rise of roughly 10 per cent. Savings as against these increases have been made mainly in the better administration and handling of subsidies and food.
It will be appreciated that the occasion of the Vote on Account gives a background to the Estimates for the year, isolating and emphasising by putting outside of the national accounts the further details required to present a true picture of them. That will come when the revenue side can be examined and exhibited, but a full presentation must be deferred for over two months.
There are some general remarks on the economic situation which seem to me to be relevant and appropriate. Deputies have recently got the Tables of National Income and Expenditure for 1938 and 1944-50. These were presented on 24th February, 1951.