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, 1964, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office.
This group of Estimates was allowed through the Dáil without discussion last July on the Taoiseach undertaking that an opportunity for debate would be afforded later in the session. The group comprises a number of Estimates in the Book of Estimates and I have only to say a word about the size of the Finance Estimate itself. The original Estimate for 1962-63 was £351,460 and a token Supplementary Estimate was taken this time last year, or somewhat before this, but in similar circumstances to those in which we are taking this Estimate now. That meant that the total Estimate for 1962-63 was £351,470.
This year's total is £365,270, a net increase of £13,810 on the original Estimate for last year. That is made up as follows: £7,290 for salaries, wages and allowances; £6,570 for remuneration of banks, management of Government stocks—Subhead B—and travelling and other expenses, £200. That would give an increase of £14,060 but there is a saving of £250 because the appropriation - in - aid increased by that amount.
