asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of his Department the amount by which the January 1981 Estimates under-provided for charges known to have existed at the time of the approval of the Estimates by the then Government; and in the case of the shortfall in provisions in relation to basic pay if he will state the areas in which such shortfalls occurred and the number of weeks' basic pay which the shortfall constituted for each such area.
Written Answers. - Departmental Estimates.
611.
When introducing Supplementary Estimates for my Department on 3 December last, I referred to the fact that one of the reasons why it was necessary for me to bring the Estimates before the House was the inadequate provision in the original provision prepared by the former administration.
Inadequate provision occurred in three main areas as follows: — School transport, £5,050,000; Grants to universities and other designated institutions, £8,905,000; Grants to vocational education committees, £6,650,000. Detailed particulars in the form requested in the second part of the question from the Deputy are not available.
612.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if he will state in respect of his Department the amount by which the January 1981 Estimates under-provided for charges known to have existed at the time of the approval of the Estimates by the then Government; and in the case of the shortfall in provisions in relation to basic pay if he will state the areas in which such shortfalls occurred and the number of weeks' basic pay which the shortfall constituted for each such area.
Níor tharla a leithéid i gcás mo Roinne.
613.
asked the Minister for Justice if he will state in respect of his Department the amount by which the January 1981 Estimates under-provided for charges known to have existed at the time of the approval of the Estimates by the then Government; and in the case of the shortfall in provisions in relation to basic pay if he will state the areas in which such shortfalls occurred and the number of weeks' basic pay which the shortfall constituted for each such area.
There are two items of which it can be said with certainty that there was under-provision. The amounts provided were insufficient to cover the basic pay and allowances of the numbers serving in the Garda Síochána and the Prison Service at the end of 1980. The figures based on those numbers are as follows:
(1) Vote for the Garda Síochána: Sub-head A — Salaries, Wages and Allowances — under-provided by about £4.3 million, which is the equivalent of about two weeks' basic pay and allowances for the Force.
(2) Vote for the Prisons: Sub-head A — Salaries, Wages and Allowances — under-provided by about £½ million, which is the equivalent of about two weeks' basic pay and allowances for prison staff.