With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together.
The figures of costs and estimates requested are set out in a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report.
Postal charges on officially-provided cards are largely recouped to the Vote for the Department of Posts and Telegraphs on the basis of estimates prepared by that Department for all departmental correspondence issued. The estimated cost of postage is accordingly included in the figures of cost for the cards issued in 1970.
It is not possible to give particulars of Civil Service time involved.
Cards for my private use and for that of my Parliamentary Secretary are provided at our own expense; we also pay the postage on such cards.
The following is the statement:
Taoiseach's Christmas Cards.
Year
|
Cost
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1970
|
£403.40
|
1971 (Relates to financial year 1971-72.)
|
£420 (Estimated — postage not included.)
|
Parliamentary Secretary's Christmas Cards
Year
|
Cost
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1970
|
£30.50
|
1971 (Relates to financial year 1971-72.)
|
£10 (Estimated—postage not included.)
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