I move:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £10 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh Márta, 1934, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí Oifig an Aire Talmhaíochta agus seirbhísí áirithe atá fé riaradh na hOifige sin, 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 31st March, 1934, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid.
There are two items in this Vote, one of which, the sum of £1,150, under the Acquisition of Land (Allotment) (Amendment) Bill, 1934, was rather fully explained here recently, as the total amount to be required for grants for the free provision of seeds, manures and implements, for use in allotments for unemployed persons up to March, 1934, in respect of an estimated number of 630 allotments. The other item of £455 in respect of a research grant to University College, Dublin, is for carrying out research work under two heads: (1) virus disease of the potato, and (2) the production of certain varieties of strong strawed oats and barley. When the Empire Marketing Board was being wound up on 30th September, 1933, the British Government undertook to carry out any commitments that any of the various Governments might have entered into. They were, however, asked to make any economies that were possible, and certain economies were made on this particular research item. The very minimum estimated for the completion of the work was £1,134 5s., of which £445 has become due this year. Although the British Government agreed to foot the bill of all the Dominion Governments in respect of any commitments carried over from the Empire Marketing Board, it was suggested that the various Governments might undertake this payment themselves. Some of them agreed, some of them did not agree, but amongst those that agreed to pay out of their own Exchequer was this Government.
