I move:—
9. Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £17,660 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhártha, 1927, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí eile Coimisiún Sealadach. Coistí agus Fíosruchán Speisialta.
9. That a sum not exceeding £17,660 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1927, for the salaries and other expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries.
This Vote is still for a substantial sum, but it is a lesser sum considerably than was required last year. The expenses in our case perhaps have been high in this matter because we were starting afresh and many matters had to be investigated that would not need to be in older establishments. Some of the Commissions were Commissions arising from the organising and setting up of the State. For instance, the Dáil Eireann Winding-up Commission, which was a Judicial Commission, and the Boundary Bureau. The Banking Commission is a new one which has been sitting for some months now and is nearing the end of its labours. The work of the Board of Assessors under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924, will continue for some time into this year, but I think that before the end of the present financial year the work will certainly be completed. The Central Savings Committee is one which is classed amongst the temporary Commissions, but is a committee that will have some permanency. It certainly will continue until the habit of investing in savings certificates has become more widespread and more firmly established than it is at the present time. A token figure is put in in connection with the Civil Service Compensation Committee, because it cannot operate until the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Wigg v. Cochrane case has been delivered. The Gaelteacht Committee has practically concluded its work.
I am not sure to what extent the Commission on the Relief of the Sick and Destitute Poor has proceeded, but it has done a great deal of its work.
The Food Prices Tribunal is only commencing its work and the figure set down for it is the best we could give. The Estimates were in an advanced stage of preparation before the decision to establish the Tribunal was taken.
In connection with the Ports and Harbours Tribunal a good deal of travelling will be involved in the work of that particular body, and the expenses will be fairly considerable. The other Commissions listed in part have ceased to operate.