I move:—
That a sum not exceeding £149,490 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1956, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid.
The total Estimate of £225,490 shows a net decrease of £1,910 as compared with the amount provided in 1954-55. The decrease is due mainly to decreases of £2,393 in salaries, wages and allowances of staff on sub-head E owing to certain staff changes, £1,872 in sub-head A, owing to an increase in the number of Deputies who hold office and whose salaries are consequently borne in other Votes, and £900 in the Grant-in-Aid for inter-parliamentary activities.
These decreases are partly offset by increases totalling £3,500 for travelling expenses of Deputies and Senators.