The Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy has considered Estimates for Public Services for service of the year ended 31 December 1996 in respect of the following Votes: Vote 34 — Enterprise and Employment; Vote 30 — Marine; Vote 35 — Tourism and Trade; Vote 18 — Transport, Energy and Communications; Vote 31 — Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and all other Estimates relevant to these Departments. The Estimates are hereby reported.
Estimates, 1996: Reports of Select Committees.
At a meeting held on 24 May 1996 the Select Committee on Finance and General Affairs considered the following Estimates for Public Services for service of the year ended 31 December 1996: Vote 1 — President's Establishment, Revised Estimate, Vote 2 — Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Parliament, Revised Estimate, Vote 6 — Office of the Minister for Finance, Revised Estimate, Vote 7 — Superannuation and Retirement Allowances, Revised Estimate, Vote 8 — Comptroller and Auditor General, Revised Estimate, Vote 9 — Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Revised Estimate, Vote 11 — State Laboratory, Revised Estimate, Vote 12 — Secret Service, Revised Estimate, Vote 13 — Office of the Attorney General, Revised Estimate, Vote 14 — Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Revised Estimate, Vote 15 — Valuation and Ordnance Survey, Revised Estimate, Vote 16 — Civil Service Commission, Revised Estimate, Vote 17 — Office of the Ombudsman, Revised Estimate, Vote 45 — Increase in Remuneration and Pension, Revised Estimate. An introductory statement which the Minister for Finance was unable to make to the committee due to pressure of time but which was circulated at the meeting is set out in Appendix 1 to this report.
At a meeting held on 30 May 1996 the committee considered the following Estimates for the Public Services for the year ended 31 December 1996: Vote 10 — Office of Public Works, Revised Estimate, Vote 32 — Flood Relief, Vote 25 — Environment, Revised Estimate. An introductory statement which Deputy Coveney, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, was unable to make at the committee due to pressure of time but which was circulated at the meeting is set out in Appendix II to this report. The Estimates are hereby reported to the Dáil.
The Select Committee on Legislation and Security has considered Estimates for Public Services for service of the year ended 31 December 1996 in respect of the following Votes: Vote 19 — Office of the Minister for Justice, Vote 20 — Garda Síochána, Vote 21 — Prisons, Vote 22 — Courts, Vote 23 — Land Registry and Registry of Deeds, Vote 24 — Charitable Donations and Bequests, Vote 33 — Equality and Law Reform, Vote 36 — Defence, Vote 37 — Army Pensions. The Estimates are hereby reported to the Dáil.
The Select Committee on Social Affairs has considered the Estimates for Public Services for service of the year ended 31 December 1996 in respect of the following Votes: Vote 26 — Office of the Minister for Education, Revised Estimate, Vote 27 — First Level Education, Revised Estimate, Vote 28 — Second Level and Further Education, Revised Estimate, Vote 29 — Third Level and Further Education, Revised Estimate, Vote 41 — Health, Revised Estimate, Vote 42 — Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Revised Estimate, Vote 43 — National Gallery, Revised Estimate, Vote 44 — An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Revised Estimate. The Estimates are hereby reported to the Dáil.
These reports are for the information of the House only.