asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of proposed Government expenditure in 1959/60, including the Budget proposals, in the form of a reply of 29th May, 1958.
Written Answers. - Government Expenditure.
14.
The following is the information requested by the Deputy. It is subject to the same qualifications as applied to the table furnished in reply to a similar question by Deputy Sweetman on 7 May, 1958:—
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s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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|
(a) Social Services |
7 |
9 |
|||
|
(i) old age pensions |
1 |
9 |
|||
|
(ii) children's allowances |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
(iii) other social assistance |
0 |
6 |
|||
|
(iv) social insurance |
0 |
8 |
|||
|
(v) employment schemes |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
(vi) administration of social services |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
(vii) health |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
(viii) education |
2 |
3 |
|||
|
(b) Agriculture |
2 |
0† |
|||
|
(i) forestry |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
(ii) fisheries |
—* |
||||
|
(iii) land division |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
(iv) agricultural grants |
0 |
10 |
|||
|
(v) other agricultural services |
0 |
10 |
|||
|
(c)Local Government and Transport |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
(i) roads |
0 |
11 |
|||
|
(ii) houses |
—* |
||||
|
(iii) drainage |
—* |
||||
|
(iv) public transport |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
(d) Public Services |
6 |
7 |
|||
|
(i) President's Establishment and Houses of the Oireachtas |
—* |
||||
|
(ii) Army |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
(iii) Garda Siochána |
0 |
8 |
|||
|
(iv) superannuation |
0 |
10 |
|||
|
(v) debt service |
4 |
0 |
|||
|
(e) Miscellaneous |
2 |
11 |
|||
|
£1 |
0 |
5 |
|||
|
0 |
0 |
5‡ |
|||
|
£1 |
0 |
0 |
|||
*Less than ½d.
†The constituents of this item, as shown, total only 1s. 11d. due to rounding losses of approximately ¼d. in each case.
‡Budget allowance for errors of estimation.