Colm M. Hilliard
Ceist:136 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the reason for the 116 per cent increase in expenditure under Vote 13, subhead C, in the Estimates for the Public Services 1992 (Attorney General).
Written Answers. - Public Service Estimates.
This subhead provides for payment of the general law expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including costs awarded against the State, witnesses' expenses, court fees, etc.
The budget allocation of £1.160 million represents a repeat of the corresponding 1991 budget allocation. The actual outturn for 1991 was well below the Estimate provision because expenditure depends on the volume of litigation and the level of awards made against the State.
Actual expenditure from this subhead in recent years was as follows:
|
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 (provisional) |
|
1.442 |
1.048 |
1.244 |
0.536 |
Colm M. Hilliard
Ceist:137 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the reason for (1) the 17 per cent increase in expenditure under Vote 10, subhead J and (2) the 106 per cent increase in expenditure under Vote 10, subhead D, in the Estimates for the Public Services 1992.
The increase on subhead J of Vote 10 largely arises from the availability of an increased amount of EC Structural Funds under the 1989-1993 programme. The rise in the subhead D figure results from a decision to purchase a site for a new Garda divisional headquarters in Dún Laoghaire.
Colm M. Hilliard
Ceist:138 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the reason for the 93 per cent reduction in expenditure under Vote 7, subhead B, in the Estimates for the Public Services 1992.
The 1991 allocation in respect of a consultancy — subhead A.2 — was £10.55 million. Of this amount, a sum of £9.7 million was provided to meet the estimated cost of the flotations of Irish Life and of the Irish Sugar Company (CSET), and of the possible sale of the Industrial Credit Corporation. The flotations which took place in 1991 were provisionally estimated at £9.05 million.
The 1992 Estimate — Subhead B — includes a provision for the estimated cost of the possible sale of the Industrial Credit Corporation and for any residual costs associated with the flotation of Irish Life; the provision therefore, does not have to be as large as that which was made in the 1991 Estimates.