I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £10 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1953, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, including certain other Services administered by that office.
This Supplementary Estimate, which is a token one, is required to meet the necessary expenses of staff salaries and wages following on the setting up of An Bord Uchtála under the Adoption Act, 1952. The expenses are detailed under Part II, sub-head A (6), of the Estimate. The board held its first meeting on the 14th January last and there have been three subsequent meetings. Many inquiries have been received from interested parties, and the applications for adoption number 1,100 approximately to date.