I move:—
Go ndeontar suim bhreise ná raghaidh thar £10 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfidh chun bheith ínioctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1930, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí na bhFundúireachtaí Eolaíochta agus Ealadhan i mBaile Atha Cliath, maraon le hIldeontaisí i gCabhair.
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £10 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1930, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin, including sundry Grants-in-Aid.
This Supplementary Estimate is brought before the Dáil as a result of the findings of the Committee of Public Accounts. I quote the following from that Committee:—
"Under this Vote a payment of £300 was made, from savings on various sub-heads, to the Cork School of Music. It was, in fact, a grant-in-aid, but no provision had been made for it, as such or otherwise, in the Estimate. Sanction for the payment was, however, received from the Department of Finance. The exercise of the power of virement in this case again demonstrates that this power is one which should be exercised with caution. For to the Oireachtas alone belongs the authority to specify what are the grants of which the details may be withheld from the Comptroller and Auditor-General, or, in connection with which unexpended balances may not be surrendered at the end of the financial year. A consideration of the difficulties connected with this payment afterwards forced the Department of Finance to the conclusion that authority must be obtained from the Oireachtas, and a supplementary estimate was accordingly prepared, the intention being to bring the expenditure within the scope of the Central Fund Bill then pending. This measure, however, passed its remaining stages somewhat rapidly, and before the Estimate could be produced, leaving the payment in question unauthorised. The Department of Finance in face of this unexpected result sanctioned the opening of a special sub-head in the account, the purpose being to direct the attention of the Dáil to the situation. The Committee had no option but to recommend the disallowance of the payment. A supplementary estimate can in due course be introduced and payment thus regularised."
A grant was made to the Cork School of Music in the early portion of 1922 by the Dáil Cabinet. Of the original grant, £14,000, a certain amount was spent and a certain amount was paid over to the Committee of the Cork School of Music. The extra amount spent, I think, was £390. This is the £300 of a grant-in-aid to meet these expenses.