I move:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £4,050 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1939, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí Oifig an tSoláthair; chun Páipéarachais, Clódóireachta, Páipéir, Greamuíochta agus Leabhra Clóbhuailte i gcóir na Seirbhíse Puiblí; agus chun Ilsheirbhísí Ilghnéitheacha maraon le Tuairiscí Díospóireachtaí an Oireachtais.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £4,050 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1939, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books, for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates.
As will be seen from the face of the Estimate, this amount arises under various sub-heads, including that of grants to newspapers and periodicals published in Irish or publishing current news in Irish. So far as that sub-head is concerned, the additional amount now asked for arises out of a decision to subsidise a fortnightly paper called Eire Og, to be published by the Christian Brothers and issued in conjunction with the publication, Our Boys. The subsidy will be to the extent of £30 per issue, with a possible maximum of £800 in a full year. There is an offset to the increased cost under that sub-head, due to smaller payments than were anticipated in respect of subsidies to other periodicals publishing news in Irish. Under sub-head H, £500 additional is required to meet increased demands for various items of printing from Government Departments generally. Under sub-head I, an additional sum of £6,000 is required for paper. There has been a very marked increase in the purchase price of paper in the present financial year. An increase was anticipated, but it has proved larger than was originally estimated.
