asked the Minister for Finance if he will give in each case detailed particulars of the estimated expenditure on below-the-line capital issues amounting to (a) £22,000,000 in the current financial year and (b) £26,000,000 in the coming financial year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Capital Issues.
Details of actual issues for below-the-line expenditure in 1951-52 and of estimated requirements for 1952-53 will be given in the White Paper of receipts and expenditure which will be published prior to the Budget.
The Exchequer statement published in Iris Oifigiúil of the 18th March, 1952, gives particulars of capital issues below the line between 1st April, 1951, and 15th March, 1952. The total of these issues at the latter date was £20.8 million. The details of these issues for the current year and for the period 1st April, 1950, to 17th March, 1951, are as follows:—
|
1st April, 1951 to 15th March, 1952 |
1st April, 1950 to 17th March, 1951 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1927—49 |
6,400,000 |
4,000,000 |
|
Local Loans Fund Acts, 1935—51 |
8,650,000 |
5,750,000 |
|
Turf Development Acts, 1946 and 1950 |
1,266,000 |
1,040,000 |
|
Telephone Capital Acts, 1924—51 |
2,000,000 |
1,700,000 |
|
National Stud Act, 1945 |
— |
2,295 |
|
Transport Act, 1950 (Section 30) |
477,000 |
433,000 |
|
Trade Loans (Guarantee) Acts, 1939 and 1949 |
8,970 |
— |
|
20,801,970 |
12,925,295 |
The Deputy will no doubt note that the issues for capital purposes so far during the current year were 61 per cent, higher than for the year preceding.