With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 29, 30 and 31 together.
The cost of Christmas greeting cards sent in 1970 was £261. The cost of all official mail including these cards is borne on the Department's Vote. A record is not kept of the postage on individual items. The cost of the cards this year is estimated at £320. The usual practice in respect of postage will be continued. It is not the practice to estimate the amount of official time spent on individual work items of this kind.
As in previous years practically all these cards will be sent to persons outside Ireland.