Committee Reports::Interim and Final Report - Appropriation Accounts 1940 - 1941::16 July, 1942::Appendix

APPENDIX I.

1939-40

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 1939-40 with exchequer Issues of that year.

Exchequer Issues

Audited Expenditure (Net)

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

..

4,948,664

8

4

4,948,664

8

4

Supply Services

29,446,358

19

10

29,464,841

7

8

18,482

7

10

Total

34,395,023

8

2

34,413,505

16

0

18,482

7

10

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1939-40 amounting to £1,957,784 12s. 4d. as shown in column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows in the Financial Year, 1940-41:—


Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—

£

s.

d.

Out of Ways and Means of 1939-40

..

..

..

1,714,867

12

3

„1940-41

..

..

..

242,893

2

9

Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General

..

..

..

23

17

4

 

£1,957,784

12

4

Roinn airgeadais,


6 Lúnasa, 1942.


1939-40.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

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


 

 

Grants and Estimated Receipts, 1937-38

Expenditure 1937-38

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

No.

Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Vote

 

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

3,602

3,602

3,384

11

0

3,384

11

0

217

9

0

2

Houses of the Oireachtas

125,080

125,080

121,938

11

3

121,938

11

3

3,141

8

9

3

Department of the Taoiseach

14,259

14,259

13,498

16

6

13,498

16

6

760

3

6

4

Comptroller and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditor-General

..

..

..

19,861

19,861

19,083

15

7

19,083

15

7

777

4

5

5

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

..

..

..

75,220

75,220

70,201

5

5

70,201

5

5

5,018

14

7

6

Office of Revenue

..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioners

..

..

922,961

37,750

885,211

897,227

12

8

37,375

12

8

859,852

0

0

25,359

0

0

7

Old Age Pensions

..

..

3,507,250

800

3,506,450

3,507,317

6

7

2,914

19

0

3,504,402

7

7

2,047

12

5

8

Compensation Bounties

..

56,700

56,700

53,195

7

10

53,195

7

10

3,504

12

2

9

Commissions and Special

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inquiries

..

..

12,210

12,210

10,647

6

0

10,647

6

0

1,562

14

0

10

Office of Public Works

..

164,360

31,330

133,030

159,932

0

8

28,816

15

10

131,115

4

10

1,914

15

2

11

Public Works and Buildings

1,422,681

52,343

1,370,338

1,168,292

1

4

49,362

8

11

1,118,929

12

5

251,408

7

7

12

State Laboratory

..

..

9,473

9,473

9,351

13

7

9,351

13

7

121

6

5

13

Civil Service Commission

25,655

25,655

23,657

9

2

23,657

9

2

1,997

10

10

14

Property Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

..

..

..

3,650

3,650

2,317

4

1

2,317

4

1

1,332

15

11

15

Personal Injuries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

..

..

..

440

440

326

2

8

326

2

8

113

17

4

16

Superannuation and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retired Allowances

..

473,295

690

472,605

466,426

5

11

397

7

9

466,028

18

2

6,576

1

10

17

Rates on Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property

..

..

126,900

1,900

125,000

117,752

13

0

1,932

12

5

115,820

0

7

9,179

19

5

18

Secret Service

..

..

20,000

20,000

6,986

6

7

6,986

6

7

13,013

13

5

19

Tariff Commission*

..

20

Expenses under the Electoral Act and the Juries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act

..

..

..

17,000

17,000

16,702

17

2

16,702

17

2

297

2

10

21

Miscellaneous Expenses

12,050

12,050

9,042

3

4

9,042

3

4

3,007

16

8

22

Stationery and Printing

..

188,631

33,620

155,011

186,727

13

8

33,738

0

4

152,989

13

4

2,021

6

8

23

Valuation and Boundary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survey

..

..

..

39,942

6,820

33,122

39,211

6

2

6,924

15

5

32,286

10

9

835

9

3

24

Ordnance Survey

..

38,279

4,100

34,179

32,607

10

3

3,717

12

9

28,889

17

6

5,289

2

6

25

Supplementary Agricultural

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grants

..

..

..

1,270,989

1,270,989

1,270,989

0

0

1,270,989

0

0

26

Law Charges

..

..

71,293

2,000

69,293

65,251

15

11

3,163

12

5

62,088

3

6

7,204

16

6

27

Haulbowline Dockyard

7,885

7,885

5,515

18

9

5,515

18

9

2,369

1

3

28

Universities and Colleges

159,380

159,380

159,083

18

11

159,083

18

11

296

1

1

29

Widows’ and Orphans’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pensions

..

..

..

450,000

450,000

450,000

0

0

450,000

0

0

30

Quit Rent Office

..

..

4,057

4,057

3,573

1

10

3,573

1

10

483

18

2

31

Management of Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocks

..

..

..

15,750

15,750

15,729

5

8

15,729

5

8

20

14

4

32

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justice

..

..

..

43,461

43,461

40,210

11

4

40,210

11

4

3,250

8

8

33

Garda Siochana

..

..

1,922,814

34,253

1,888,561

1,849,015

4

9

33,886

8

9

1,815,128

16

0

73,432

4

0

34

Prisons

..

..

..

94,975

12,760

82,215

89,059

0

7

9,086

1

7

79,972

19

0

2,242

1

0

35

District Court

..

..

39,566

39,566

38,745

12

4

38,745

12

4

820

7

8

36

Supreme Court and High

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Court of Justice

..

55,482

1,410

54,072

53,584

11

5

1,421

18

3

52,162

13

2

1,909

6

10

37

Land Registry and Registry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Deeds

..

..

48,118

48,118

45,527

4

5

45,527

4

5

2,590

15

7

38

Circuit Court

..

..

80,078

29,710

50,368

74,017

13

11

32,517

14

3

41,499

19

8

8,868

0

4

39

Public Record Office

..

5,245

5,245

5,008

12

4

5,008

12

4

236

7

8

40

Charitable Donations and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bequests

..

..

2,918

48

2,870

2,914

19

0

47

14

8

2,867

4

4

2

15

8

41

Local Government and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Health

..

..

1,366,773

16,929

1,349,844

1,216,426

1

10

16,515

15

2

1,199,910

6

8

149,933

13

4

42

General Register Office

..

17,705

4,700

13,005

17,470

15

5

5,622

3

7

11,848

11

10

1,156

8

2

43

Dundrum Asylum

..

16,704

824

15,880

16,635

4

10

944

18

2

15,690

6

8

189

13

4

44

National Health Insurance

346,428

42,119

304,309

343,249

2

8

42,026

13

5

301,222

9

3

3,086

10

9

45

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

..

..

191,517

75

191,442

184,063

6

9

67

6

1

183,996

0

8

7,445

19

4

46

Primary Education

..

3,848,698

86,483

3,762,215

3,836,426

17

11

89,942

17

4

3,746,484

0

7

15,730

19

5

47

Secondary Education

..

510,830

37,355

473,475

499,920

8

8

37,342

18

9

462,577

9

11

10,897

10

1

48

Technical Instruction

..

355,684

31,922

323,762

347,445

15

1

32,271

16

6

315,173

18

7

8,588

1

5

49

Science and Art

..

61,663

650

61,013

59,291

5

1

977

8

1

58,313

17

0

2,699

3

0

50

Reformatory and Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schools

..

..

..

116,491

3,200

113,291

116,358

9

10

3,516

11

10

112,841

18

0

449

2

0

51

National Gallery

..

..

5,352

5,352

5,352

19

8

5,232

19

8

119

0

4

52

Agriculture

..

..

1,164,064

200,808

963,256

1,065,447

0

10

200,230

9

2

865,216

11

8

98,039

8

4

53

Fisheries

..

..

..

93,410

20,279

73,131

87,520

19

10

17,556

2

11

69,964

16

11

3,166

3

1

54

Lands

..

..

..

1,950,728

158,700

1,792,028

1,825,964

6

9

166,949

17

11

1,659,014

8

10

133,013

11

2

55

Forestry

..

..

..

219,959

12,000

207,959

206,477

12

8

17,556

7

5

188,921

5

3

19,037

14

9

56

Gaeltacht Services

..

143,249

40,870

102,379

145,038

8

1

44,378

6

8

100,660

1

5

1,718

18

7

57

Industry and Commerce

..

374,804

6,225

368,579

359,156

17

0

7,270

12

6

351,886

4

6

16,692

15

6

58

Transport and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meteorological Services

..

..

73,125

3,192

69,933

59,238

16

6

3,210

11

0

56,028

5

6

13,904

14

6

59

Railway Tribunal

..

2,921

2,921

2,900

1

7

2,900

1

7

20

18

5

60

Marine Service

..

..

12,184

1,650

10,534

11,591

0

3

1,664

12

9

9,926

7

6

607

12

6

61

Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance

..

..

..

2,064,795

695,680

1,369,115

2,049,365

6

1

705,104

4

0

1,344,261

2

1

24,853

17

11

62

Industrial and Commercial Property Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office

..

..

..

15,185

15,185

13,298

7

6

13,298

7

6

1,886

12

6

63

Posts and Telegraphs

..

2,514,732

109,187

2,405,545

2,476,072

6

7

112,886

18

7

2,363,185

8

0

42,359

12

0

64

Wireless Broadcasting

..

69,303

69,303

67,314

4

7

67,314

4

7

1,988

15

5

65

Army

..

..

3,301,174

48,965

3,252,209

2,993,996

3

4

68,386

9

6

2,925,609

13

10

326,599

6

2

66

Army Pensions

..

586,636

586,636

540,758

11

5

540,758

11

5

45,877

8

7

67

External Affairs

..

..

90,941

90,941

81,481

18

7

81,481

18

7

9,459

1

5

68

League of Nations

..

13,166

13,166

13,148

9

2

13,148

9

2

17

10

10

69

Employment Schemes

..

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,282,837

5

8

1,282,837

5

8

217,162

14

4

70

Export Subsidies

..

606,010

606,010

248,681

12

5

248,681

12

5

357,328

7

7

71

Office of the Minister for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

..

..

3,819

3,819

3,291

3

11

3,291

3

11

527

16

1

72

Repayments to Contingency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund

..

..

..

913

913

912

11

11

912

11

11

0

8

1

73

Irish Tourist Board

..

3,500

3,500

3,500

0

0

3,500

0

0

 

Totals

..

33,193,973

1,771,347

31,422,626

31,284,568

4

0

1,819,726

16

4

29,464,841

7

8

1,957,784

12

4


 

Estimated Expenditure

Actual Expenditure

Less Than Estimated

More Than Estimated

 

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Central fund:—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service of Public Debt

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2,481,000

0

0

2,371,138

16

11

109,861

3

1

Road Fund

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

1,165,000

0

0

1,138,000

0

0

27,000

0

0

Payments to Local Taxation Account

..

..

..

..

..

1,077,083

0

0

1,074,465

2

3

2,617

17

9

Other Central Fund Services

..

..

..

..

..

..

374,20

0

0

4,948,664

8

4

148,438

11

8

Total of Central Fund Services

..

..

..

..

5,097,103

0

0

4,948,664

8

4

148,438

11

8

Grand Total of Expenditure

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

£34,413,505

16

0

 

 

 

*Estimate (£750) withdrawn.


† The amounts of gross expenditure in excess of the Estimates in the case of Old Age Pensions (No. 7) viz. £67 6s. 7d., and Gaeltacht Services (No. 56), viz. £1,789 8s. 1d., were met by nominal Excess Votes of £10 taken in June, 1941, and by Appropriations in Aid of the respective amounts of £57 6s. 7d. and £1,779 8s. 1d.


‡ See Note on preceding statement as to the manner of surrender of surpluses.