I move:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £850 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 Supplementary sum not exceeding £850 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1940, for the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory.
The total sum now required is £850. On sub-head A the excess is mainly due to the creation of an additional post of chemical assistant and to an increase in the pay of four temporary chemists. The above increases of staff and pay were agreed to in April last after a careful review, in consultation with the new State chemist, Dr. Wheeler. Under sub-head B the additional provision is mainly required to meet the travelling expenses of (a) officers who are required to give evidence in police cases, and (b) the superintending chemist who has been appointed in the current financial year as alkali inspector of the cement factories under the Alkali Works Regulation Act, 1906. Sub-head C is for the provision of apparatus and chemical equipment which the State chemist has advised us is absolutely necessary for his work.
