asked the Minister for Finance if he will state separately how much the Government (1) spent in each of the years 1928-29, 1938-39 and 1948-49 and (2) will spend in 1958-59 of each pound collected on the following services (a) social services: (1) old age pensions (ii) children's allowances (iii) other social assistance (iv) social insurance (v) employment schemes (vi) administration of social services (vii) health and (viii) education; (b) agriculture: (i) forestry (ii) fisheries (iii) land division (iv) agricultural grants and (v) other agricultural services; (c) local government and transport: (i) roads (ii) houses (iii) drainage and (iv) public transport; (d) public services: (i) President's Establishment and Houses of the Oireachtas (ii) Army (iii) Garda Síochána (iv) superannuation and (v) debt services; and (c) miscellaneous.
Written Answers. - Government Expenditure.
Figures for estimated expenditure from revenue in 1958-59, based on the detail in the published Budget Estimates, are given in the following table. It is not possible to give comparable figures in respect of actual expenditure in 1928-29, 1938-39 and 1948-49 because of changes in the content of Votes and Sub-heads of Votes, variations in treatment, as between capital and non-capital services, in relation to many heads of expenditure and because current expenditure did not, in fact, coincide with revenue receipts in these years.
Following is the table:—
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s. |
d. |
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(a) |
Social Services |
7 |
8 |
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s. |
d. |
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(i) old age pensions |
1 |
8 |
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(ii) children's allowances |
1 |
2 |
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(iii) other social assistance |
6 |
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(iv) social insurance |
8 |
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(v) employment schemes |
1 |
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(vi) administration of social services |
1 |
||||
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(vii) health |
1 |
4 |
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(viii) education |
2 |
2 |
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(b) |
Agriculture |
2 |
2 |
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s. |
d. |
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(i) forestry |
1 |
||||
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(ii) fisheries |
0* |
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(iii) land division |
2 |
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(iv) agricultural grants |
11 |
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(v) other agricultural services |
1 |
0 |
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(c) |
Local Government and Transport |
1 |
1 |
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s. |
d. |
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(i) roads |
10 |
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(ii) houses |
—* |
||||
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(iii) drainage |
—* |
||||
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(iv) public transport |
3 |
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(d) |
Public Services |
6 |
6 |
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s. |
d. |
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(i) President's Establishment and Houses of the Oireachtas |
—* |
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(ii) Army |
1 |
0 |
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(iii) Garda Síochána |
8 |
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(iv) superannuation |
10 |
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(v) debt service |
4 |
0 |
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(e) |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
7 |
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£1 |
0 |
0 |
* less than½d.
NOTE.—The qualifications which were applied to the table furnished in reply to a similar question by Deputy Sweetman on 7 May, 1958, are also relevant to the above table.