I move:—
"Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £10 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1931, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí Oifig an Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála, maraon le Coiste Comhairlitheach na Rátaí d'íoc.
"That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £10 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1931, to pay the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee."
The purpose for which this token vote of £10 is required in the present financial year is described in the sheet which has been circulated to Deputies. On many occasions since the Statistics Bureau was established on a proper basis I have been asked to take in hands the publication of an Official Handbook for the Irish Free State. We propose to put this work in hands at once and this money is for that purpose. I should explain that it is only a token vote because of savings made in other parts of the Vote. I should also explain that the £250 gross which is required for the financial year does not see the end of expenditure in the matter. It is estimated that a sum of over £3,000—almost £3,500—will be required. Against that there will be appropriations-in-aid arising from the sales of the book itself and advertisements. We reckon that in the end the State will have to bear about £200; the full extent of the State expenditure will be about £200. I want to get the Vote in this financial year although it is not even certain that the £250 will be spent before the end of the financial year. Without getting leave from the House by the passage of this Vote I cannot even make arrangements with regard to the employment of artists and designers in order to see how the book will be drawn up.