Committee Reports::Interim and Final Report - Appropriation Accounts 1939 - 1940::04 December, 1941::Appendix

APPENDIX I.

1938-39.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

(After Audit by the Comptroller and Auditor-General and review by the Committee of Public Accounts.)


Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the Year 1938-39 with Exchequer Issues of that Year.


 

 

 

Audited Expenditure (Net)

——

Exchequer Issues

Audited Expenditure (Net)

Less than Exchequer Issues

More than Exchequer Issues

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Central Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

...

4,850,143

6

2

4,850,143

6

2

Supply Services

28,260,103

9

2

28,248,821

19

0

11,281

10

2

Total

...

33,110,246

15

4

33,098,965

5

2

11,281

10

2

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1938-39 amounting to £1,631,862 9s. 5d. as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:—


 

In the Financial Year

 

1939-40

1940-41

 

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of Ways and Means of 1938-39

1,371,622

7

10

„ „ „ „ „ „ 1939-40

257,962

3

1

„ „ „ „ „ „ 1940-41

1,135

7

8

Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-

 

 

 

 

 

 

General

...

...

...

...

1,142

10

10

 

1,630,727

1

9

1,135

7

8

 

 

£1,631,862

9

5

Roinn Airgeadais,


26 Mí na Samhna, 1941.


1938-39.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

After Audit by the Comptroller and Auditor-General and Review by the Committee of Public Accounts.


No. of Vote

 

Grants and Estimated Receipts, 1933-34

Expenditure 1933-34

Difference Between Exchequer Grants and Net Expenditure (Cols. 3 and 6)

Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated Gross Expenditure

Estimated Receipts in Aid of Grants

Exchequer Grants

Gross Expenditure

Actual Receipts in Aid

Net Expenditure

Surpluses

Deficits

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

 

 

£

£

£

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1

President’s Establishment

4,048

4,048

2,951

4

0

2,951

4

0

1,096

16

0

2

Houses of the Oireachtas

...

110,750

110,750

102,396

7

1

102,396

7

1

8,353

12

11

3

Department of the Taoiseach

13,792

13,792

13,508

4

2

13,508

4

2

283

15

10

4

Comptroller and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditor-General

...

...

...

19,621

19,621

19,219

13

4

19,219

13

4

401

6

8

5

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

...

...

...

73,889

73,889

69,375

11

0

69,375

11

0

4,513

9

0

6

Office of the Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioners

...

...

895,806

36,035

859,771

880,275

6

10

37,174

19

8

843,100

7

2

16,670

12

10

7

Old Age Pensions

...

...

3,507,250

800

3,506,450

3,516,461

5

3

2,274

1

0

3,514,187

4

3

7,737

4

3

8

Compensation Bounties

...

52,700

52,700

44,583

0

9

44,583

0

9

8,116

19

3

9

Commissions and Special

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inquiries

...

...

9,195

9,195

7,283

7

8

7,283

7

8

1,911

12

4

11

Office of Public Works

...

161,616

29,770

131,846

147,514

19

3

27,792

11

2

119,722

8

1

12,123

11

11

10

Public Works and Buildings

1,254,352

65,503

1,188,849

972,700

18

6

79,409

19

10

893,290

18

8

295,558

1

4

12

State Laboratory

...

...

7,950

7,950

7,773

13

1

7,773

13

1

176

6

11

13

Civil Service Commission

25,690

25,690

24,183

0

4

24,183

0

4

1,506

19

8

14

Property Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

...

...

...

31,710

31,710

30,489

2

1

30,489

2

1

1,220

17

11

15

Personal Injuries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

...

...

...

610

610

469

18

5

469

18

5

140

1

7

16

Superannuation and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retired Allowances

...

455,895

555

455,340

454,554

4

9

494

8

6

454,059

16

3

1,280

3

9

17

Rates on Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property

...

...

118,420

3,220

115,200

115,332

5

4

3,241

4

10

112,091

0

6

3,108

19

6

18

Secret Service

...

...

20,000

20,000

5,426

5

5

5,426

5

5

14,573

14

7

19

Tariff Commission

...

5,540

5,540

3,997

9

2

3,997

9

2

1,542

10

10

20

Expenses under the Electoral Act and the Juries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act

...

...

...

17,250

17,250

16,621

16

5

16,621

16

5

628

3

7

21

Miscellaneous Expenses

...

12,330

12,330

8,920

4

4

8,920

4

4

3,409

15

8

22

Stationery and Printing

...

184,975

33,300

151,675

183,430

8

7

35,101

8

10

148,328

19

9

3,346

0

3

23

Valuation and Boundary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survey

...

...

...

40,084

6,845

33,239

38,699

13

2

6,791

15

0

31,907

18

2

1,331

1

10

24

Ordnance Survey

...

...

35,020

4,353

30,667

33,498

0

10

3,873

9

4

29,624

11

6

1,042

8

6

25

Supplementary Agricultural

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grants

...

...

...

1,270,989

1,270,989

1,270,989

0

0

1,270,989

0

0

26

Law Charges

...

...

72,277

2,500

69,777

63,148

0

4

3,876

2

3

59,271

18

1

10,505

1

11

27

Haulbowline Dockyard

...

9,912

9,912

5,732

8

2

5,732

8

2

4,179

11

10

28

Universities and Colleges

...

160,680

160,680

160,441

10

1

160,441

10

1

238

9

11

29

Widows’ and Orphans’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pensions

...

...

...

450,000

450,000

450,000

0

0

450,000

0

0

30

Quit Rent Office

...

...

3,659

3,659

3,654

12

8

3,654

12

8

4

7

4

31

Management of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government Stocks

...

...

15,590

15,590

15,577

17

1

15,577

17

1

12

2

11

32

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justice

...

...

...

41,564

41,564

39,046

12

1

39,046

12

1

2,517

7

11

33

Gárda Síochána

...

...

1,939,597

31,735

1,907,862

1,891,759

5

5

32,691

8

2

1,859,067

17

3

48,794

2

9

34

Prisons

...

...

...

92,912

10,000

82,912

88,508

15

7

11,506

14

8

77,002

0

11

5,909

19

1

35

District Court

...

...

39,503

39,503

37,439

12

9

37,439

12

9

2,063

7

3

36

Supreme Court and High

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Court of Justice

...

52,950

1,310

51,640

52,429

16

11

1,267

9

10

51,162

7

1

477

12

11

37

Land Registry and Registry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Deeds

...

...

48,103

48,103

46,308

9

0

46,308

9

0

1,794

11

0

38

Circuit Court

...

...

82,064

32,610

49,454

75,940

2

10

36,318

10

1

39,621

12

9

9,832

7

3

39

Public Record Office

...

5,489

5,489

5,476

9

7

5,476

9

7

12

10

5

40

Charitable Donations and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bequests

...

...

2,791

48

2,743

2,753

1

7

47

14

8

2,705

6

11

37

13

1

41

Local Government and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Health

...

1,354,026

16,112

1,337,914

1,323,709

2

6

17,472

16

8

1,306,236

5

10

31,677

14

2

42

General Register Office

...

17,425

4,700

12,725

17,045

10

10

4,823

1

10

12,222

9

0

502

11

0

43

Dundrum Asylum

...

...

16,625

865

15,760

16,069

10

3

877

2

4

15,192

7

11

567

12

1

44

National Health Insurance

342,501

42,377

300,124

337,457

16

11

41,870

12

9

295,587

4

2

4,536

15

10

45

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

...

...

186,136

75

186,061

180,323

1

3

85

2

9

180,237

18

6

5,823

1

6

46

Primary Education

...

3,816,611

87,786

3,728,825

3,793,563

11

4

87,754

8

9

3,705,809

2

7

23,015

17

5

47

Secondary Education

...

482,585

37,330

445,255

481,952

16

5

37,436

18

8

444,515

17

9

739

2

3

48

Technical Instruction

...

331,714

31,832

299,882

327,512

15

6

32,074

4

4

295,438

11

2

4,443

8

10

49

Science and Art

...

...

58,859

570

58,289

55,851

13

11

858

17

7

54,992

16

4

3,296

3

8

50

Reformatory and Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schools

...

...

...

110,817

1,820

108,997

110,748

8

1

2,554

4

2

108,194

3

11

802

16

1

51

National Gallery

...

...

5,320

5,320

5,260

16

6

5,260

16

6

59

3

6

52

Agriculture

...

...

1,694,498

861,696

832,802

1,661,509

10

9

877,093

13

3

784,415

17

6

48,386

2

6

53

Fisheries

...

...

...

58,411

21,582

36,829

56,690

3

9

20,344

17

8

36,345

6

1

483

13

11

54

Lands

...

...

...

1,886,095

145,715

1,740,380

1,803,238

4

9

152,674

4

2

1,650,564

0

7

89,815

19

5

55

Forestry

...

...

...

158,753

10,650

148,103

169,391

5

0

10,222

0

10

159,169

4

2

11,066

4

2

56

Gaeltacht Services

...

124,298

32,515

91,783

121,288

17

7

29,599

10

10

91,689

6

9

93

13

3

57

Industry and Commerce

550,390

7,745

542,645

456,180

1

10

13,878

9

1

442,301

12

9

100,343

7

3

58

Transport and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meteorological Services

...

...

67,808

3,192

64,616

57,905

15

1

3,194

1

2

54,711

13

11

9,904

6

1

59

Railway Tribunal

...

2,893

2,893

2,876

3

3

2,876

3

3

16

16

9

60

Marine Service

...

...

12,151

2,700

9,451

11,932

13

11

2,899

18

10

9,032

15

1

418

4

11

61

Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance

...

...

...

1,885,197

652,900

1,232,297

1,868,228

9

0

653,243

19

8

1,214,984

9

4

17,312

10

8

62

Industrial and Commercial Property Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office

...

...

...

13,950

13,950

13,788

13

2

13,788

13

2

161

6

10

63

Posts and Telegraphs

...

2,443,613

111,423

2,332,190

2,434,218

13

4

117,869

17

7

2,316,348

15

9

15,841

4

3

64

Wireless Broadcasting

...

74,559

74,559

64,120

12

4

64,120

12

4

10,438

7

8

65

Army

...

...

...

2,041,935

46,251

1,995,684

1,823,555

15

3

51,835

4

10

1,771,720

10

5

223,963

9

7

66

Army Pensions

...

...

703,728

703,728

587,808

8

4

587,808

8

4

115,919

11

8

67

External Affairs

...

...

82,869

82,869

77,945

19

5

77,945

19

5

4,923

0

7

68

League of Nations

...

12,361

12,361

12,314

3

1

12,314

3

1

46

16

11

69

Employment Schemes

...

1,500,010

1,500,014

1,302,041

8

9

1,302,041

8

9

197,968

11

3

70

Export Bounties and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subsidies

...

...

...

825,000

825,000

573,532

6

11

573,532

6

11

251,467

13

1

71

Peat Fuel Development

...

30,000

30,000

30,000

0

0

30,000

0

0

72

Industrial Alcohol

...

1,500

1,500

1,323

2

3

1,323

2

3

176

17

9

73

Repayments to Contingency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund

...

...

...

1,090

1,090

1,089

19

6

1,089

19

6

 

 

6

 

Total

...

32,240,301

2,378,420

29,861,881

30,689,347

4

7

2,440,525

5

7

28,248,821

19

0

1,631,862

9

5*

18,803

8

5

 

Estimated Expenditure

Actual Expenditure

Less than Estimated

More than Estimated

Central fund

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Service of Debt

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

1,825,500

0

0

2,210,026

8

8

384,526

8

8

Road Fund

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

1,125,000

0

0

1,162,000

0

0

37,000

0

0

Payments to Local Taxation Account

...

...

...

...

...

1,072,945

0

0

1,075,311

0

8

2,366

0

8

Other Central Fund Services

...

...

...

...

...

...

359,845

0

0

402,805

16

10

42,960

16

10

Total of Central Fund Services

...

...

...

...

...

£4,383,290

0

0

4,850,143

6

2

466,853

6

2

 

Grand total of expenditure

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

£33,098,965

5

2

 

 

 

 

* See note on preceding statement as to the manner of surrender of surpluses.


† The deficiencies of the Estimates in the case of Old Age Pensions (Vote No. 7) and Forestry (Vote No. 55) were met by Excess Votes taken in October, 1940 (See Statements of Excess dated 30 Mean Fomhair, 1940, presented by the Minister for Finance).