No. We have it here under the heading "An Coimisiún um Athbheochan na Gaeilge" and then the figures are given for that— tuarastail agus rl. Costas Taistil is down for "An Coimisiún um Athbheochan na Gaeilge" in the Estimates for 1961-62 as £770 out of a total of £1,400. When we put that against the original Estimate for the Commission last year of £630, something important in the development and work of the Commission would appear to require explanation.
When these matters come up on the Taoiseach's Estimate, the Taoiseach will understand there will not be much room for discussion on the work of the Commission, but when we have the opportunity of discussing a Supplementary Estimate on an occasion like this, it seems to me to suggest that in an important matter like this, it is desirable that we should have a short statement as to how the work of the Commission is proceeding and what has developed in relation to this important matter they are discussing to bring about a situation in which not only does it not conclude in the way in which it was expected to conclude, but that in the Estimate for next year, the sum being estimated for is almost greater on the whole than the total sum now being looked for, even with this Supplementary Estimate. The revised Estimate for this year is £1,210 and it seems to me that the Estimate under this heading is £1,400 for next year, of which £770 is to be for travelling.
The point I particularly wish to make is that so much time has now passed that the presentation of a Supplementary Estimate should give an opportunity to inform the House as to what exactly is proceeding in the Commission, what important developments have taken place in their outlook or their research that have extended it for so long and have called for the expenditure of so much money for the financial year before us as well as for the present one.
There is another point I wish to make in this connection. We have the experience of the position in which commissions do a lot of preparatory work well ahead in preparing substantial reports but nothing is done to get the part of the report that is prepared sent to the printers or made ready in any way for distribution. We have the situation now in which a Commission under another Department has been six years in session. It must have had the greater part of its report substantially prepared 18 months ago and, as far as I know, none of it has been sent to the printers yet.
I feel there is a general situation that is tolerated in respect of Government and Parliamentary printing that no commercial firm would tolerate. I do not know who is responsible for it, but, as the Taoiseach is here, I should like to mention that Government business generally in relation to printing is not being handled as any progressive commercial firm would handle it and the prestige and the work of Parliament are suffering by lack of attention to that matter.
