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APPENDIX VI.

GÁRDA SÍOCHÁNA—BARRACK MAINTENANCE.

The saving on this subhead was due to the non-expenditure of money provided for the purchase of disinfectant fluid. The average quantity of this fluid used annually is 1,300 gallons (an average of about 1½ gallons per Gárda Station) at a cost of about £100. In the year under examination provision was made for the purchase of more than double this quantity, at an estimated cost of £240, the intention being to secure a reserve supply in case difficulty should be experienced in obtaining supplies at a later date. Under an arrangement made with the Department of Posts and Telegraphs supplies of this kind are obtained by the Post Office Stores Department, held in that Department, and issued to the Gárda Síochána as and when required and are paid for on issue.

A sum of £25, only, fell to be paid under this arrangement during the year 1939-40. The great bulk of the supplies remained unissued and unpaid for (so far as the Gárda Vote was concerned) at the end of that year.

Accounting Officer,

27th May, 1941.

Department of Justice.