said they would find on page four of his report a note of the estimates of the Departments for the coming half-year. He thought there had been decisions which would increase these estimates. Arising out of his own report there was a decision which would increase his estimate by £250.
The Directors of the other Departments had better speak to their own estimates before they were taken in case there would be any increases. In the Local Government Department the figure of £110,040 was somewhat misleading. In that figure there was included an old amount of £100,000 loans to public bodies. That £100,000 was already provided for and it could not be included in this estimate as it was already passed by the Dáil, so the effective estimate for this Department was £10,040.
To these estimates they should add he thought £20,000 for contingencies and any such amounts as required for the new Ministry of Arts could come out of that fund. He said he had details of each estimate and, if any member wished to ask a question, he could give details.
