Tairgim:—
Go ndeontar suim Bhreise ná raghaidh thar £12,000 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1941, chun Deolchairí ar shiúicre ar n-a dhéanamh de bhiatas dúthchais agus ar a n-íoctar aistarrac, ar thobac ar na dhéanamh de dhuille dhuthchais agus ar a n-íoctar aistarrac, ar thobac do fásadh in Eirinn tar éis an ladh Eanar, 1934, agus do dáilíodh ar dhéantair agus do díthíodh ina dhiaidh sin mar thobac a bhí neamhoiriúnach le haghaidh déantóireachta, agus ar thobac nea-dhéanta do fásadh in Eirinn agus do heasportáladh.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £12,000 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1941, for Bounties on sugar made from home-grown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Éire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Éire and exported.
The purpose of this Supplementary Estimate is to provide for increased expenditure under sub-head A— bounties on exports of manufactured goods containing as an ingredient sugar made from home-grown beet. The total amount required for the purpose is £12,000. No saving is anticipated under the other sub-head of thé Vote —sub-head B—bounties on home-grown tobacco. The original provision of £50,000 under sub-head A was based on the expectation that not more than 3,300 tons of "home-grown sugar" would be exported in manufactured goods during the year 1940-41. These figures represented an increase of about 20 per cent. over the revised provision made in the preceding year. Such an increase was considered to be adequate, because although it was reasonable to expect that, in present circumstances, the demand from certain other countries for sugar composite goods would increase, account had also to be taken of the probability of a shortage of raw materials for the manufacture of such goods, and the need to conserve supplies for home consumption.
The exports of home-grown sugar for the eight months ended 30th November, 1940, in the present financial year totalled 3,172 tons as against 2,576 tons exported in the whole of the financial year 1939-40. So great an increase in exports resulting in payments of bounty totalling £48,105 for the first eight months of the current financial year, that is 96 per cent. of the provision made for the full year, was wholly unexpected. However, for the remainder of the present financial year, having regard to the reduced amount of milk available in winter time for export in condensed milk and the restrictions on the export, save under licence, of other sugar composite goods —biscuits, chocolates, sugar confectionery, etc.—it is expected that the rate of export will show a reduction as compared with the first eight months of the year, and that in consequence the expenditure on bounties on such goods will not exceed £13,895 during the period 1st December, 1940, to 31st March, 1941.
