I move:—
Go ndeontar i geuntas suim nách mó ná £8,081,717 chun no le haghaidh íoctha na muirearacha a thioc fidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1928, i gcóir seirbhísí áirithe puiblí, eadhon:— |
That a sum not exceeding £8,081,717 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, 1928, for certain public services, namely:— |
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£ |
£ |
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1 |
Teaghlachas an tSeanascail |
2,200 |
1 |
Governor-General's Establishment |
2,200 |
2 |
An t-Oireachtas |
38,700 |
2 |
Oireachtas |
38,700 |
3 |
Roinn Uachtarán na hArd-Chomhairle |
4,000 |
3 |
Department of the President of the Executive Council |
4,000 |
4 |
An Stát-Chiste agus Iniúchoireacht |
6,000 |
4 |
Exchequer and Audit |
6,000 |
5 |
Oifig an Aire Airgid |
21,000 |
5 |
Office of the Minister for Finance |
21,000 |
6 |
An Roinn Ioncuim |
226,000 |
6 |
Revenue Department |
226,000 |
7 |
Pinsin tSean-Aoise |
869,000 |
7 |
Old Age Pensions |
869,000 |
8. |
Iasachtaí Aitiúla |
378,000 |
8 |
Local Loans |
378,000 |
9 |
Coimisiúin Shealadacha |
4,500 |
9 |
Temporary Commissions |
4,500 |
10 |
Oifig na nOibreacha Puiblí |
41,000 |
10 |
Public Works Office |
41,000 |
11 |
Oibreacha agus Foirgintí Puiblí |
290,000 |
11 |
Public Works and Buildings |
290,000 |
12 |
Saotharlann Stáit |
2,284 |
12 |
State Laboratory |
2,284 |
13 |
Coimisiún na Stát-Sheirbhíse |
3,700 |
13 |
Civil Service Commission |
3,700 |
14 |
Cúiteamh i gCailliúna Maoine |
326,500 |
14 |
Property Losses Compensation |
326,500 |
15 |
Cúiteamh i nDíobhála Pearsanta |
1,700 |
15 |
Personal Injuries Compensation |
1,700 |
16 |
Aois-Liúntaisí agus Liúntaisí Fágála |
596,000 |
16 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
596,000 |
17 |
Rátaí ar Mhaoin an Rialtais |
27,800 |
17 |
Rates on Government Property |
27,800 |
18 |
An tSeirbhís Shicréideach |
3,300 |
18 |
Secret Service |
3,300 |
19 |
Coimisiún na nDleacht |
550 |
19 |
Tariff Commission |
550 |
20 |
Costaisí fén Representation of the People Act, fén Acht Timpeal Toghachán, agus fé Acht na gCoistí Dharéag (Leasú) |
9,000 |
20 |
Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, the Electoral Act, and the Juries (Amendment) Act |
9,000 |
21 |
Costaisí Ilghnéitheacha |
3,477 |
21 |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
3,477 |
22 |
Oifig an tSoláthair |
50,000 |
22 |
Stationery Office |
50,000 |
23 |
Measadóireacht agus Suibhéireacht Teorann |
11,925 |
23 |
Valuation and Boundary Survey |
11,925 |
24 |
Suirbhéireacht an Ordonáis |
16,367 |
24 |
Ordnance Survey |
16,367 |
25 |
Deontas Breise Talmhaíochta |
300,000 |
25 |
Supplementary Agricultural Grant |
300,000 |
26 |
Muirearacha Dlí |
28,000 |
26 |
Law Charges |
28,000 |
27 |
Longlann Inis Sionnach |
5,600 |
27 |
Haulbowline Dockyard |
5,600 |
28 |
Príomh-scoileanna agus Coláistí |
76,500 |
28 |
Universities and Colleges |
76,500 |
29 |
Congnamh Airgid do Bhiatas Siúicre |
Nil |
29 |
Beet Sugar Subsidy |
Nil |
30 |
Oifig an tSaor-Chíosa |
1,392 |
30 |
Quit Rent Office |
1,392 |
31 |
Oifig an Aire Dlí agus Cirt |
10,000 |
31 |
Office of the Minister for Justice |
10,000 |
32 |
Gárda Síochána |
560,000 |
32 |
Gárda Síochána |
560,000 |
33 |
Bórd Generálta an bPríosún |
43,500 |
33 |
General Prisons Board |
43,500 |
34 |
Cúirt Dúithche |
5,300 |
34 |
District Court |
5,300 |
35 |
Cúirt Uachtarach agus Ard-Chúirt an Bhreithiúnais |
23,000 |
35 |
Supreme Court and High Court of Justice |
23,000 |
36 |
Oifig Chlárathachta na Talmhan agus Oifig Chlárahachta na nDintiúirí |
17,000 |
36 |
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
17,000 |
37 |
Oifigigh Chúirte Cuarda |
23,600 |
37 |
Circuit Court Officers |
23,600 |
38 |
Oifig na nAnnálacha Puiblí |
1,997 |
38 |
Public Record Office |
1,997 |
39 |
Tabhartaisí agus Tiomanta Déirciúla |
1,000 |
39 |
Charitable Donations and Bequests |
1,000 |
40 |
Oifig an Aire Rialtais agus Sláinte Puiblí |
162,250 |
40 |
Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health |
162,250 |
41 |
Oifig an Ard-Chlárathóra |
4,588 |
41 |
General Register Office |
4,588 |
42 |
Gealtlann Dúndroma |
6,500 |
42 |
Dundrum Asylum |
6,500 |
43 |
An Coimisiún Arachais Sláinte Náisiúnta |
114,907 |
43 |
National Health Insurance Commission |
114,907 |
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 |
1,290,000 |
46 |
Primary Education |
1,290,000 |
47 |
Meadhon-Oideachas |
90,000 |
47 |
Secondary Education |
90,000 |
48 |
Ceárd-Oideachas |
50,000 |
48 |
Technical Instruction |
50,000 |
49 |
Eolaíocht agus Ealadhantacht |
13,500 |
49 |
Science and Art |
13,500 |
50 |
Scoileanna Ceartúcháin agus Saothair |
38,000 |
50 |
Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
38,000 |
51 |
An Gailerí Náisiúnta |
1,494 |
51 |
National Gallery |
1,494 |
52 |
Oifig an Aire Tailte agus Talmhaíochta |
156,000 |
52 |
Office of the Minister for Lands and Agriculture |
156,000 |
53 |
An Ciste Foraoiseachta |
53 |
Forestry Fund (Grant in |
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(Deontas i gCabhair) |
18,000 |
Aid) |
18,000 |
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54 |
Coimisiún na Talmhan |
200,000 |
54 |
Land Commission |
200,000 |
55 |
Roimh-íocanna le Cumainn Chreidiúna Thalmhaíochta |
28,000 |
55 |
Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies |
28,000 |
56 |
Oifig an Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála |
41,000 |
56 |
Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce |
41,000 |
57 |
Bóithre Iarainn |
28,000 |
57 |
Railways |
28,000 |
58 |
An Bínse Bóthair Iarainn |
2,600 |
58 |
Railway Tribunal |
2,600 |
59 |
Muir-Sheirbhísí |
3,500 |
59 |
Marine Service |
3,500 |
60 |
Arachas Díomhaointis |
78,000 |
60 |
Unemployment Insurance |
78,000 |
61 |
Oifig an Aire Iascaigh |
17,000 |
61 |
Office of the Minister for Fisheries |
17,000 |
62 |
Oifig an Phuist |
810,000 |
62 |
Post Office |
810,000 |
63 |
Fóirleatha Nea-shrangach |
7,260 |
63 |
Wireless Broadcasting |
7,260 |
64 |
An t-Arm |
725,000 |
64 |
Army |
725,000 |
65 |
Arm-Phinsin |
72,000 |
65 |
Army Pensions |
72,000 |
66 |
Oifig an Aire Gnóthaí Coigríche |
14,906 |
66 |
Office of the Minister for External Affairs |
14,906 |
67 |
Cumann na Náisiún |
3,320 |
67 |
League of Nations |
3,320 |
68 |
Luach saothair chun costais Bhainistí Stoc Rialtais is le Saorstát Eireann |
Nil |
68 |
Remuneration for cost of management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann |
Nil |
An t-Iomlán |
£8,081,717 |
Total |
£8,081,717 |
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Deputies will remember that the Vote on Account was not introduced until a later date in previous years. As a matter of fact, I think every year heretofore I have been obliged to go to the Seanad on 31st March with the Central Fund Bill and ask them to pass it that day, without giving them any reasonable opportunity of discussing it. We hope this year to be able to give such time to the Seanad for the discussion of the Central Fund Bill— the Estimates, of course, will not come before them—that they will have no reasonable ground for complaint. We have issued this year the volume of Estimates a fortnight earlier than they were issued last year, so that there has been a fair interval between the issue of the Estimates and the presentation of the Vote on Account. The sum asked for in the Vote on Account is, as a rule, one-third of the total Estimates. The intention is that sufficient money should be granted to carry on the various services of the State until the end of July. By our Standing Orders, all the financial legislation consequent on the Estimates must be completed before 1st August. It is intended this year that the Estimates shall not be discussed until after the general election. There will, however, be enough time after the reassembly of the Oireachtas for the new Dáil either to sit three or four weeks and take the Estimates or, if it thinks it better, to pass a further Vote on Account and adjourn the detailed consideration of the Estimates until it has had time to look around it. In any case, we are asking for the usual provision by the way of Vote on Account.
As I have said, the amount asked for is, as a rule, one-third of each vote, but in certain cases a greater or a lesser sum is asked for. In some cases nothing is asked for, because the expenditure on the vote will not take place in the first four months of the financial year. For instance, we are not asking for any sum on account in the case of the sugar beet subsidy or payments to banks in respect of management of Government stock and loans. In certain other cases, as, for instance, in the case of hospitals and charities we are asking for practically the entire sum, because it has been the habit always to pay practically the entire vote in the first few months of the financial year. In the case of the Agricultural Grant, we are asking for a good deal more than one-third, because it is expected that half of the sum will have to be paid before 1st July. There are variations in some votes, but they are matters for which some such explanation is available in each case.
It is customary in Great Britain, whose financial system we have adopted, for parties to use the occasion of the Vote on Account for the discussion of a number of important matters of policy. It is not possible on a Vote of Account to have a detailed discussion of any estimate, but it is possible to raise the policy of any department or of a group of departments or any matter of general policy. I think, therefore, that it is better I should formally introduce the Vote on Account and allow Deputies to bring before the House such matters as they may think most urgent and most worthy of consideration at the present time. In view of the fact that the Estimates will not be discussed until after the General Election, we were anxious to give as much time as we could to the Vote on Account, so that urgent questions which might trouble Deputies might be brought before the Dáil.