I move:—
Go ndeontar suim breise nach mó ná £10,830 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfas chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31ú Márta, 1947, chun Tuarastal agus Costas Oifig an tSoláthair; chun Páipéarachais, Clódóireachta, Páipéir, Ceangaltóireachta agus Leabhra Clóbhuailte i gcóir na Seirbhíse Poiblí; agus chun Ilsheirbhísí Ilghnéitheacha lena n-áirítear Tuairiscí ar Dhíospóireachta an Oireachtais.
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £10,830 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1947, for the Salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding and Printed Book for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates.
The additional financial provision required for the Vote is due to the fact that certain commitments which could not be foreseen when the Estimate was framed were contracted during the financial year. The prices quoted in respect of new contracts placed for the printing for registration officers under the Electoral and Juries Acts proved to be much higher than anticipated. Due to increased demands for Departmental printing, which gave rise to a considerable increase in paper consumption, purchases necessary for the maintenance of paper stocks were much higher than the requirements originally estimated. Additional Hollerith machine equipment ordered for the Irish Land Commission in 1942, the delivery of which, owing to the war situation, was deferred indefinitely, was received in the current financial year. Supplementary provision under sub-head J, Miscellaneous Office Supplies, is necessary to defray the cost of this equipment. The increase in salaries and wages following the consolidation of bonus settlement has also contributed to the general excess expenditure which made recourse to a Supplementary Estimate unavoidable. The additional expenditure anticipated on the gross Vote is modified by additional receipts from Appropriations-in-Aid resulting chiefly from sales of waste paper, advertisements in official publications, costs recovered from local authorities in respect of electoral printing, and enhanced sales of customs forms.
