asked the Minister for Finance if with reference to replies of 14th March by the Minister for Local Government he will state, in reference to each deputy returning officer named in those replies, the total remuneration (over and above normal annual remuneration, in the case of those in the public service) paid to each one of them out of public funds in respect of all services, either as such deputy returning officer or otherwise, rendered by him (a) at the General Election of March, 1957, and (b) at the Presidential Election and Referendum of June, 1959, distinguishing, in the case of the General Election of March, 1957, between remuneration paid (i) under Part IIA, and (ii) under Part IIB of the Schedule to the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1937 as amended to date, and, in the case of the Presidential Election and Referendum of June, 1959, between remuneration paid (i) under Parts A of the First and Second Schedules and (ii) under Parts B of the First and Second Schedules to the Referendum and Presidential Election (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1959.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Deputy Returning Officers' Remuneration.
As the reply contains a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—The following table sets out in columns 3 and 4, respectively, the payments made out of public funds to each of the deputy returning officers referred to by the Deputy under Part IIA of the Schedule to the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1937, as amended, and Parts A of the First and Second Schedules to the Referendum and Presidential Election (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1959.
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
Deputy Returning Officer |
Constituency |
General Election, 1957. |
Presidential Election and Referendum, 1959 |
|
£ s.d. |
£ s.d. |
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|
Hugh A. Ludlow(Solicitor) |
Cork, North |
2500 |
2000 |
|
Redmond O'Regan(Solicitor) |
Cork, South |
2500 |
2000 |
|
Thomas Healy(Solicitor) |
Cork, West |
2500 |
— |
|
L.M. Collins(Solicitor) |
Cork, East |
— |
2000 |
|
Sean D. Mac Lochainn |
Donegal, East |
3490 |
— |
|
Desmond G. Williams |
,, |
— |
2000 |
|
John Eyre(Solicitor) |
Dublin, North (Central) |
2500 |
— |
|
W.G. Fallon, B.L. |
Dublin, North (East) |
28100 |
2000 |
|
D.J. Bergin(Solicitor) |
,,South (Central) |
2650 |
— |
|
Ed. Fahy, B.L. |
,, South (East) |
2500 |
2000 |
|
P. Maguire, B.L. |
,, South (West) |
2850 |
2000 |
|
V. Walsh |
,, South (Central) |
— |
2000 |
|
A. Murray, A.C.A. |
,, North (West) |
— |
2000 |
|
N. Peart, S.C. |
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
27100 |
2000 |
|
Richard Fahy |
Galway, North |
3490 |
2000 |
|
Eamonn C. Dubhthaigh |
,, South |
2500 |
2000 |
|
do. |
,, West |
990 |
— |
|
Patrick Raymond |
Kerry, South |
2500 |
2000 |
|
Patrick J. Champion |
Limerick, West |
2500 |
2000 |
|
John Bolger |
Mayo, North |
3490 |
2000 |
|
Thomas Brophy |
Tipperary, North |
3490 |
2000 |
Disbursements under Part IIB of the Schedule to the 1937 Order and Parts B of the First and Second Schedules to the 1959 Regulations were made directly by my Department to the local returning officers who, in turn, paid those engaged for clerical work, counting of votes, etc. It is not possible to say with certainty from the information available to me what sums, if any, under these heads were paid to the deputy returning officers.