I move:
That a sum not exceeding £7,570,125 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, 1930, for certain public services, namely:—
£ |
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1 |
Governor-General's Establishment |
2,300 |
2 |
Oireachtas |
41,000 |
3 |
Department of the President of the Executive Council |
4,000 |
4 |
Comptroller and Auditor-General |
5,800 |
5 |
Office of the Minister for Finance |
21,000 |
6 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
220,000 |
7 |
Old Age Pensions |
910,000 |
8 |
Local Loans |
412,000 |
9 |
Temporary Commissions |
3,500 |
10 |
Office of Public Works |
33,000 |
11 |
Public Works and Buildings |
193,000 |
12 |
State Laboratory |
2,300 |
13 |
Civil Service Commission |
4,100 |
14 |
Property Losses Compensation |
90,000 |
15 |
Personal Injuries Compensation |
1,300 |
16 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
600,000 |
17 |
Rates on Government Property |
28,500 |
18 |
Secret Service |
3,500 |
19 |
Tariff Commission |
582 |
20 |
Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries Act, 1927 |
Nil |
21 |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
4,000 |
22 |
Stationery and Printing |
55,000 |
23 |
Valuation and Boundary Survey |
11,500 |
24 |
Ordnance Survey |
15,000 |
25 |
Supplementary Agricultural Grant |
300,000 |
26 |
Law Charges |
21,000 |
27 |
Haulbowline Dockyard |
4,000 |
28 |
Universities and Colleges |
77,000 |
29 |
Beet Sugar Subsidy |
Nil |
30 |
Quit Rent Office |
1,360 |
31 |
Office of the Minister for Justice |
13,000 |
32 |
Gárda Síochána |
558,000 |
33 |
Prisons |
33,500 |
34 |
District Court |
13,300 |
35 |
Supreme Court and High Court of Justice |
18,100 |
36 |
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
16,700 |
37 |
Circuit Court |
24,400 |
38 |
Public Record Office |
1,800 |
39 |
Charitable Donations and Bequests |
1,000 |
40 |
Local Government and Public Health |
155,000 |
41 |
General Register Office |
3,450 |
42 |
Dundrum Asylum |
6,500 |
43 |
National Health Insurance |
111,000 |
44 |
Hospitals and Infirmaries |
11,000 |
45 |
Office of the Minister for Education |
55,500 |
46 |
Primary Education |
1,385,000 |
47 |
Secondary Education |
90,000 |
48 |
Technical Instruction |
47,000 |
49 |
Science and Art |
11,000 |
50 |
Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
58,000 |
51 |
National Gallery |
1,400 |
52 |
Agriculture |
136,000 |
53 |
Forestry |
19,000 |
54 |
Fisheries |
15,000 |
55 |
Land Commission |
173,000 |
56 |
Industry and Commerce |
35,000 |
57 |
Railways |
26,000 |
58 |
Railway Tribunal |
2,400 |
59 |
Marine Service |
3,200 |
60 |
Unemployment Insurance |
74,000 |
61 |
Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office |
6,400 |
62 |
Posts and Telegraphs |
750,000 |
63 |
Wireless Broadcasting |
9,000 |
64 |
Army |
525,000 |
65 |
Army Pensions |
85,000 |
66 |
External Affairs |
19,000 |
67 |
League of Nations |
3,908 |
68 |
Remuneration for cost of management of Government Stocks of Sáorstat Eireann |
8,825 |
Total |
£7,570,125 |
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I regret that the Volume of Estimates is not in the hands of Deputies. The reason for that is that there was some special scrutiny given to the Estimates this year in the Department of Finance, and a delay of a week or more took place before they could be sent to the printers. I was, however, able to furnish uncorrected proofs of the Estimates to the Leaders of the different Parties, and I will be able to have the Volume in the hands of Deputies before the Second Reading of the Central Fund Bill. As Deputies are aware, the Vote on Account will provide enough money to the various Departments to carry on until the 1st August, which is the date by which, under Standing Orders, the consideration of Estimates should be completed and the legislation necessary to implement the Votes should be passed. During the past two years it was not possible to give consideration to the whole of the Estimates before the 1st August. In one year a large number of Estimates were passed without consideration, and last year a second Vote on Account was taken. I hope that this year no such difficulties will arise. I do not propose to make any statement now in connection with the Vote on Account, except to suggest to Deputies that, if possible, the discussion should be confined to some matters of general policy. It would not be possible for Ministers to deal with details on this Vote, and it would not be making the best use of the time of the House to go into details in connection with any particular Estimate. I suggest to the House that it would be desirable that the opportunity should be availed of for discussing matters of general policy rather than matters of detail.