I move:—
Go ndeontar i gcúntas suim nách mó ná £8,685,048 chun no le haghaidh íochta na muirearacha a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i ríth na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1927, i gcóir seirbhísí áirithe puiblí, eadhon:— |
That a sum not exceeding £8,685,048 be granted on account for or towards defraying the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1927, for certain public services, namely:— |
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1 Teaghlachas an tSeanascail |
£ 2,300 |
1 Governor-General's Establishment |
£ 2,300 |
2 An t-Oireachtas |
39,000 |
2 Oireachtas |
39,000 |
3 Roinn Uachtarán na hArdComhairle |
5,000 |
3 Department of the President of the Executive Council |
5,000 |
4 An Stát-Chiste agus Iniúchoireacht |
6,000 |
4 Exchequer and Audit 6,000 |
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5 Oifig an Aire Airgid |
20,000 |
5 Office of the Minister for Finance |
20,000 |
6 An Roinn Ioncuim |
232,000 |
6 Revenue Department |
232,000 |
7 Pinsin tSean-Aoise |
852,000 |
7 Old Age Pensions |
852,000 |
8 Iasachtaí Aitiúla |
400,000 |
8 Local Loans |
400,000 |
9 Coimisiúin Shealadacha |
8,800 |
9 Temporary Commissions |
8,800 |
10 Oifig na nOibreacha Puiblí |
38,000 |
10 Public Works Office |
38,000 |
11 Oibreacha agus Foirgintí Puiblí |
337,000 |
11 Public Works and Buildings |
337,000 |
12 Saotharlann Stáit |
2,328 |
12 State Laboratory |
2,328 |
13 Coimisiún na Stát-Sheirbhíse |
2,900 |
13 Civil Service Commission |
2,900 |
14 Cúiteamh i gCailliúna Maoine |
723,500 |
14 Property Losses Compensation |
723,500 |
15 Cúiteamh i nDíobhála Pearsanta |
1,600 |
15 Personal Injuries Compensation |
1,600 |
16 Aois-Liúntaisí agus Líuntaisí Fágála |
600,000 |
16 Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
600,000 |
17 Rátaí ar Mhaoin an Rialtais |
33,000 |
17 Rates on Government Property |
33,000 |
18 An tSeirbhís Shicréideach |
4,666 |
18 Secret Service |
4,666 |
19 Scéimeanna Fóirithinte |
50,000 |
19 Relief Schemes |
50,000 |
20 Costaisí fén Representation of the People Act, fén Acht Timpeal Toghachán, agus fé Acht na gCoistí Dháréag (Leasú) |
10,000 |
20 Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, the Electoral Act, and the Juries (Amendment) Act |
10,000 |
21 Costaisí Ilghnéitheacha |
3,102 |
21 Miscellaneous Expenses |
3,102 |
22 Oifig an tSoláthair |
51,775 |
22 Stationery Office |
51,775 |
23 Measadóireacht agus Suirbhéireacht Teorann |
11,673 |
23 Valuation and Boundary Survey |
11,673 |
24 Suirbhéreacht an Ordonáis |
15,317 |
24 Ordnance Survey |
15,317 |
25 Deontas Breise Taimháíochta |
300,000 |
25 Supplementary Agricultural Grant |
300,000 |
26 Muirearacha Dlí |
24,509 |
26 Law Charges |
24,509 |
27 Longlann Inis Sionnach |
5,000 |
27 Haulbowline Dockyard |
5,000 |
28 Príomh-scoileanna agus Coláistí |
75,000 |
28 Universities and Colleges |
75,000 |
29 Congnamh Airgid do Bhiatas Siúicre |
Nil |
29 Beet Sugar Subsidy |
Nil |
30 Oifig an tSaor-Chíosa |
1,375 |
30 Quit Rent Office |
1,375 |
31 Oifig an Aire Dlí agus Cirt |
10,200 |
31 Office of the Minister for Justice |
10,200 |
32 Gárda Síochána |
508,100 |
32 Gárda Síochána |
508,100 |
33 Bórd Generálta an bPríosún |
48,000 |
33 General Prisons Board |
48,000 |
34 Cúirt Dúitche |
16,900 |
34 District Court |
16,900 |
35 Cúirt Uachtarach agus Ard-Chúirt an Bhreithiúnais |
22,000 |
35 Supreme Court and High Court of Justice |
22,000 |
36 Oifig Chlárathachta na Talmhan agus Oifig Chlárathachta na nDintiúirí |
17,500 |
36 Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
17,500 |
37 Oifigigh Chúirte Cuarda |
24,838 |
37 Circuit Court Officers |
24,838 |
38 Oifig na nAnnálacha Puiblí |
2,000 |
38 Public Record Office |
2,000 |
39 Tabhartaisí agus Tiomanta Déirciúla |
1,000 |
39 Charitable Donations and Bequests |
1,000 |
40 Oifig an Aire Rialtais Aitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí |
187,200 |
40 Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health |
187,200 |
41 Oifig an Ard-Chlárathóra |
4,660 |
41 General Register Office |
4,660 |
42 Gealtlann Dúndroma |
6,500 |
42 Dundrum Asylum |
6,500 |
43 An Coimisiún Arachais Sláinte Náisiúnta |
91,525 |
43 National Health Insurance Commission |
91,525 |
44 Oispidéil agus Déarcaisí |
15,000 |
44 Hospitals and Charities |
15,000 |
45 Oifig an Aire Oideachais |
61,000 |
45 Office of the Minister for Education |
61,000 |
46 Bun-Oideachas |
1,275,000 |
46 Primary Education |
1,275,000 |
47 Meadhon-Oideachas |
90,000 |
47 Secondary Education |
90,000 |
48 Ceárd-Oideachas |
50,000 |
48 Technical Instruction |
50,000 |
49 Eolaíocht agus Ealadhantacht |
21,000 |
49 Science and Art |
21,000 |
50 Scoileanna Ceartúcháin agus Saothair |
36,000 |
50 Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
36,000 |
51 An Gailerí Náisiúnta |
2,000 |
51 National Gallery |
2,000 |
52 Oifig an Aire Tailte agus Talmhaíochta |
140,000 |
52 Office of the Minister for Lands and Agriculture |
140,000 |
53 An Ciste Foraoiseachta (Deontas i gCabhair) |
12,000 |
53 Forestry Fund (Grant in Aid) |
12,000 |
54 Coimisiún na Talmhan |
200,000 |
54 Land Commission |
200,000 |
55 Roimh-íocanna le Cumainn Chreidiúna Thalmhaiochta |
25,000 |
55 Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies |
25,000 |
56 Oifig an Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála |
100,000 |
56 Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce |
100,000 |
57 Bóithre Iarainn |
20,000 |
57 Railways |
20,000 |
58 An Bínse Bóthair Iarainn |
2,750 |
58 Railway Tribunal |
2,750 |
59 Muir-Sheirbhísí |
3,000 |
59 Marine Service |
3,000 |
60 Oifig an Aire Iascaigh |
18,000 |
60 Office of the Minister for Fisheries |
18,000 |
61 Oifig an Phuist |
800,000 |
61 Post Office |
800,000 |
62 Fóirleatha Nea-shrangach |
10,000 |
62 Wireless Broadcasting |
10,000 |
63 An t-Arm |
850,000 |
63 Army |
850,000 |
64 Arm-Phinsin |
140,000 |
64 Army Pensions |
140,000 |
65 Oifig an Aire Gnóthaí Coigríche |
15,500 |
65 Office of the Minister for External Affairs |
15,500 |
66 Cumann na Náisiún |
2,530 |
66 League of Nations |
2,530 |
An t-Iomlán |
£8,685,048 |
Total |
£8,685,048 |
In moving this Vote in previous years I had to come to the Dáil without being able to put into the hands of Deputies the full Estimates, in advance of the Vote on Account. This year I had hoped to be able to present the Estimates about the first of March. But Deputies will recognise that the volume of the Estimates is a composite document and that a great deal of consultation, not only between the Departments that account for an estimate and the Department of Finance, but between other departments, has to take place, and that it is extremely difficult when a routine has not been fully established to get such documents out up to date. This year, at any rate, Deputies have had the volume in their hands for more than a week, and I hope that the improvement in time which has taken place will be maintained and that in subsequent years Deputies will have the volume of Estimates something like a month in advance of the time when the Vote on Account will be asked for.
In general the amount asked for on account is one-third of the Vote. The Estimates, under our Standing Orders, have to be passed before the 1st August. An amount is asked for, which will, if necessary, carry the services in a particular Department up to the time when the financial legislation of the coming year has been passed, so that the time of the Dáil will not be occupied in having a second Vote in respect of any particular Department. In the case of certain Departments rather more than one-third is asked for, because in those particular instances payments may fall to be made early in the year. In respect of Relief Schemes, for instance, we are asking for the full amount that appears in the Estimates. That amount is required for the purpose of carrying on works already sanctioned and which are in progress. As a matter of fact, probably the entire expenditure will be within a considerably shorter period than four months, which is the period normally intended to cover. In certain items like, for instance, sugar beet, the subsidy is not asked for. In the case of sugar beet the subsidy is not asked for, because the manufacture of sugar beet will not commence until long after the financial legislation of the next year has been passed.