I move:
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £1,850,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1973, for the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force; for the payment of certain witnesses' expenses; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid.
The additional sum is required to meet extra expenditure arising on the Garda Síochána Vote in the year ending on 31st March, 1973, which was not foreseen when the original Estimates were being prepared. Of the total extra sum required, £1,460,000 is needed to meet the cost of applying to the Garda Síochána the increases in pay which were granted under agreements reached at the Garda Conciliation Council, and an arbitrator's award; these increases were in line with increases granted to public servants and to teachers and were additional to the general pay rounds. A further £209,000 is required to meet the cost of applying to the force the increases in pay which were granted under the second phase of the 13th round pay agreement. The balance of the extra funds is required to meet overtime pay to the force which was not provided for in the original Estimate—approximately £341,000. The total gross sum required is, therefore, £2,010,000 but, allowing for anticipated savings of £160,000 elsewhere in the Garda Vote, the net additional sum required is £1,850,000.
