asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the expenditure of the State capital programme for each of the years 1954-55, 1955-56, and 1956-57, and the estimate for 1957-58, under the following headings: (1) housing, (2) sanitary services, (3) hospitals, (4) electricity development, (5) turf development, (6) agricultural development, (7) afforestation, (8) fisheries, (9) schools and other State buildings, (10) telephones, (11) transport, (12) industrial credit, (13) Mianraí Teo., (14) tourism, (15) insurance, (16) university buildings, (17) wireless broadcasting, (18) Mín Fhéir Teo., (19) Ceimici Teo., (20) Alginate Industries, (21) National Development Fund expenditure, and (22) other headings (specifying same), together with the totals each year and the totals on each heading expended from 1947-48 to 1956-57, both inclusive.
Written Answers. - Expenditure on State Capital Programme.
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:—
DETAILS of State Capital Programme 1954-55—1957-58 and total expenditure under each heading 1947-48—1956-57.
£ million
|
1954-55 |
1955-56 |
1956-57 |
Total 1947-48 to 1956-57 |
1957-58 Budgetary Estimate |
|
|
Housing |
10.49 |
10.01 |
10.72 |
89.80 |
12.12 |
|
Sanitary Services |
1.12 |
1.35 |
1.47 |
8.80 |
2.37 |
|
Hospitals |
2.38 |
1.61 |
1.45 |
9.59 |
1.24 |
|
Electricity Development |
5.60 |
— |
7.20 |
52.90 |
5.20 |
|
Turf Development |
1.44 |
1.39 |
1.00 |
10.79 |
0.89 |
|
Agricultural Development |
4.25 |
4.64 |
4.66 |
31.29 |
4.53 |
|
Afforestation |
0.70 |
0.80 |
0.99 |
5.57 |
1.19 |
|
Fisheries |
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.16 |
0.97 |
0.16 |
|
Schools and Other State Buildings |
2.02 |
1.53 |
1.87 |
10.60 |
1.91 |
|
Telephones |
1.40 |
1.75 |
1.65 |
15.02 |
1.45 |
|
Transport |
1.38 |
2.19 |
4.81 |
23.12 |
5.85 |
|
Industrial Credit |
— |
— |
0.25 |
1.19 |
0.50 |
|
Mianraí Teo. |
— |
— |
— |
0.14 |
— |
|
Tourism |
— |
— |
— |
0.11 |
— |
|
Insurance |
— |
— |
— |
0.11 |
— |
|
University Buildings |
— |
— |
0.02 |
0.22 |
— |
|
Wireless Broadcasting |
— |
0.01 |
— |
0.06 |
— |
|
Min-Fhéir Teo. |
0.02 |
— |
— |
0.03 |
— |
|
Ceimicí Teo. |
0.10 |
0.12 |
— |
0.22 |
— |
|
Alginate Industries |
0.01 |
0.01 |
— |
0.02 |
— |
|
Trade Loans |
— |
0.01 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
— |
|
Supplementary Unemployment Insurance |
— |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
— |
|
National Development Fund (Expenditure) |
1.86 |
1.13 |
1.03 |
5.19 |
1.16 |
|
TOTAL |
32.86 |
26.71 |
37.46 |
265.97 |
38.57 |
NOTE:—The above figures do not include expenditure met from sources other than the Exchequer, e.g., in 1955/56, £9.3 million was spent on Electricity Development out of the proceeds of a public stock issue by the E.S.B.