Vol. 75 No. 5
I move:
Go ndeontar suim ná rághaidh thar £5,723 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1940, chun Tuarastail agus Costaisí na Saotharlainne Stáit.
That a sum not exceeding £5,723 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940, for the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory.
There is an increase on this Vote this year of £673, which is covered entirely by salaries and wages.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary say whether it is to this Department that articles under the Combined Purchasing Act are referred for testing purposes. I understand there is very considerable delay in that particular service. I note, however, that the staff has been increased by the doubling of a number of cleaners so, possibly, there will be acceleration in future.
Any testing for any Government Department that would come under the head of laboratory would go to this laboratory, but if it was a question of simply testing the quality or structure of a brush or something of that kind it would not go to the laboratory.
