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APPENDIX I.

1942-43

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 1942-43 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 ....		4,962,125	7	1	4,962,125	7	1	—			—
Supply Services		38,083,721	0	3	37,942,700	5	3	141,020	15	0	—
Total	£	43,045,846	7	4	42,904,825	12	4	141,020	15	0	—

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1942-43 amounting to £2,489,142 5s. 2d. as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows in the Financial Year 1943-44:—

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—				£	s.	d.
Out of Ways and Means of 1942-43	....	....	....	2,033,499	0	8
„ „ „ „ „ „ 1943-44	....	....	....	455,590	1	10
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster General		....	....	53	2	8
				£2,489,142	5	2

Roinn airgeadais.

14 Samhain, 1944.

1942-43.

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, 1942-43			Expenditure, 1942-43									Difference between Exc equer Grants And Net Expenditure (Cols. 3 and 6).
No. of Vote	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				3,872	—	3,872	3,662	19	7	—			3,662	19	7	209	0	5	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				124,809	—	124,809	118,715	8	8	—			118,715	8	8	6,093	11	4	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach				15,012	—	15,012	14,993	16	11	—			14,993	16	11	18	3	1	—
4	Comptroller and
	Auditor-General	..	..	..	20,437	—	20,437	19,586	14	0	—			19,586	14	0	850	6	0	—
5	Office of the Minister for
	Finance	..	..	..	75,464	—	75,464	75,478	10	5	—			75,478	10	5	—			14	10	5
6	Office of the Revenue
	Commissioners		..	..	956,315	33,430	922,885	947,575	12	4	48,205	9	1	899,370	3	3	23,514	16	9	—
7	Old Age Pensions		..	..	3,677,250	2,000	3,675,250	3,627,216	1	6	2,096	12	0	3,625,119	9	6	50,130	10	6	—
8	Compensation Bounties				27,000	—	27,000	22,577	17	7	—			22,577	17	7	4,422	2	5	—
9	Office of Public Works			..	150,883	8,388	142,495	148,922	16	6	11,421	17	3	137,500	19	3	4,994	0	9	—
10	Public Works and Buildings				1,127,605	39,500	1,088,105	991,847	12	6	48,244	4	11	943,603	7	7	144,501	12	5	—
11	Haulbowline Dockyard			..	3,525	—	3,525	2,827	18	10	—			2,827	18	10	697	1	2	—
12	State Laboratory			..	9,933	—	9,933	9,409	7	9	—			9,409	7	9	523	12	3	—
13	Civil Service Commission				22,908	—	22,908	21,847	12	7	—			21,847	12	7	1,060	7	5	—
14	Irish Tourist Board			..	6,500	—	6,500	6,366	0	0	—			6,366	0	0	134	0	0	—
15	Commissions and Special
	Inquiries		..	..	8,483	—	8,483	6,680	2	5	—			6,680	2	5	1,802	17	7	—
16	Superannuation and Retired
	Allowances		..	..	537,465	13,850	523,615	529,075	13	10	12,084	19	5	516,990	14	5	6,624	5	7	—
17	Rates on Government
	Property		..	..	146,690	850	145,840	142,331	1	0	855	15	6	141,475	5	6	4,364	14	6	—
18	Secret Service		..	..	20,000	—	20,000	11,124	8	7	—			11,124	8	7	8,875	11	5	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and the Juries
	Act	..	..	..	17,250	—	17,250	16,763	17	1	—			16,763	17	1	486	2	11	—
20	Miscellaneous Expenses				9,760	—	9,760	8,695	9	0	—			8,695	9	0	1,064	11	0	—
21	Stationery and Printing			..	230,161	33,875	196,286	226,324	13	6	35,653	19	4	190,670	14	2	5,615	5	10	—
22	Valuation and Boundary
	Survey	..	..	..	40,504	6,745	33,759	40,172	9	6	6,684	9	9	33,487	19	9	271	0	3	—
23	Ordnance Survey			..	29,920	1,655	28,265	29,513	11	3	1,839	5	6	27,674	5	9	590	14	3	—
24	Supplementary Agricultural
	Grants	..	..	..	1,270,989	—	1,270,989	1,270,989	0	0	—			1,270,989	0	0	—			—
25	Law Charges		..	..	69,377	2,500	66,877	69,194	17	5	5,246	14	6	63,948	2	11	2,928	17	1	—
26	Universities and Colleges				162,130	—	162,130	161,730	0	0	—			161,730	0	0	400	0	0	—
27	Widows’ and Orphans’
	Pensions	..	..	..	450,000	—	450,000	450,000	0	0	—			450,000	0	0	—			—
28	Quit Rent Office		..	..	2,611	—	2,611	2,557	17	4	—			2,557	17	4	53	2	8	—
29	Management of
	Government Stocks		..	..	20,700	—	20,700	20,442	19	8	—			20,442	19	8	257	0	4	—
30	Agriculture		..	..	1,692,276	225,488	1,466,788	1,177,986	13	2	227,662	13	4	950,323	19	10	516,464	0	2	—
31	Fisheries	..	..	..	38,907	22,160	16,747	37,832	16	1	30,173	9	9	7,659	6	4	9,087	13	8	—
32	Office of the Minister for
	Justice	..	..	..	45,307	—	45,307	42,613	4	5	—			42,613	4	5	2,693	15	7	—
33	Gárda Síochána		..	..	2,093,790	21,575	2,072,215	2,017,622	8	4	29,952	16	2	1,987,669	12	2	84,545	7	10	—
34	Prisons	..	..	..	117,701	13,890	103,811	114,978	7	3	12,729	2	11	102,249	4	4	1,561	15	8	—
35	District Court		..	..	40,950	—	40,950	40,541	9	10	—			40,541	9	10	408	10	2	—
36	Supreme Court and High
	Court of Justice		..	..	56,260	910	55,350	54,760	11	0	1,266	16	6	53,493	14	6	1,856	5	6	—
37	Land Registry and Registry
	of Deeds		..	..	47,116	—	47,116	44,508	15	0	—			44,508	15	0	2,607	5	0	—
38	Circuit Court		..	..	78,760	27,470	51,290	78,081	14	2	32,924	3	8	45,157	10	6	6,132	9	6	—
39	Public Record Office			..	5,300	—	5,300	5,283	15	7	—			5,283	15	7	16	4	5	—
40	Charitable Donations and
	Bequests		..	..	3,351	48	3,303	3,346	1	1	47	14	8	3,298	6	5	4	13	7	—
41	Local Government and
	Public Health			..	1,526,479	16,521	1,509,958	1,441,847	13	10	19,137	13	11	1,422,709	19	11	87,248	0	1	—
42	General Register Office			..	17,710	4,320	13,390	17,542	0	1	4,825	9	1	12,716	11	0	673	9	0	—
43	Dundrum Asylum			..	18,607	935	17,672	18,132	0	10	858	8	5	17,273	12	5	398	7	7	—
44	National Health Insurance				391,899	62,343	329,556	347,556	16	3	58,405	15	2	289,151	1	1	40,404	18	11	—
45	Office of the Minister for
	Education		..	..	189,581	75	189,506	184,472	15	9	130	6	9	184,342	9	0	5,163	11	0	—
46	Primary Education			..	3,926,320	93,483	3,832,837	3,906,692	2	3	94,163	10	3	3,812,528	12	0	20,308	8	0	—
47	Secondary Education			..	530,910	37,920	492,990	528,634	11	9	38,299	7	0	490,335	4	9	2,654	15	3	—
48	Technical Instruction			..	367,545	31,460	336,085	364,867	4	6	31,726	1	8	333,141	2	10	2,943	17	2	—
49	Science and Art			..	48,067	884	47,183	45,249	6	11	972	6	10	44,277	0	0	2,905	19	11	—
50	Reformatory and Industrial
	Schools	..	..	..	125,352	4,500	120,852	124,860	19	6	4,734	12	7	120,126	6	11	725	13	1	—
51	National Gallery		..	..	4,569	—	4,569	4,546	1	1	—			4,546	1	1	22	18	11	—
52	Lands	..	..	..	1,473,544	135,011	1,338,533	1,375,620	18	3	143,599	19	11	1,232,020	18	4	106,512	1	8	—
53	Forestry	..	..	..	299,764	94,940	204,824	273,158	14	4	91,610	19	2	181,547	15	2	23,276	4	10	—
54	Gaeltacht Services			..	216,033	156,065	59,968	196,831	9	2	151,907	10	9	44,923	18	5	15,044	1	7	—
55	Industry and Commerce				282,353	4,700	277,653	278,345	11	0	5,453	5	10	272,892	5	2	4,760	14	10	—
56	Transport and
	Meteorological Services		..	..	120,087	4,870	115,217	102,039	5	9	5,107	2	8	96,932	3	1	18,284	16	11	—
57	Railway Tribunal			..	2,934	—	2,934	2,901	4	1	—			2,901	4	1	32	15	11	—
58	Marine Service		..	..	67,212	17,105	50,107	56,812	12	3	24,744	18	5	32,067	13	10	18,039	6	2	—
59	Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment
	Assistance		..	..	1,712,308	754,950	957,358	1,602,798	17	10	738,397	7	3	864,401	10	7	92,956	9	5	—
60	Industrial and Commercial Property Registration
	Office	..	..	..	13,100	—	13,100	12,384	15	1	—			12,384	15	1	715	4	11	—
61	Posts and Telegraphs			..	2,794,507	132,927	2,661,580	2,747,179	19	9	137,770	7	1	2,609,409	12	8	52,170	7	4	—
62	Wireless Broadcasting			..	70,107	—	70,107	64,825	15	1	—			64,825	15	1	5,281	4	11	—
63	Army	..	..	..	9,037,532	95,460	8,942,072	8,531,320	2	1	208,050	13	10	8,323,269	8	3	618,802	11	9
64	Army Pensions		..	..	696,494	—	696,494	688,934	19	2	—			688,934	19	2	7,559	0	10	—
65	External Affairs		..	..	95,718	—	95,718	89,673	8	2	—			89,673	8	2	6,044	11	10	—
66	League of Nations			..	8,338	—	8,338	8,192	19	7	—			8,192	19	7	145	0	5	—
67	Employment Schemes			..	750,000	—	750,000	720,373	8	6	—			720,373	8	6	29,626	11	6	—
68	Agricultural Produce
	Subsidies	..	..	..	500,000	—	500,000	499,898	2	1	—			499,898	2	1	101	17	11	—
69	Supplies	..	..	..	1,757,151	—	1,757,151	1,590,244	3	2	—			1,590,244	3	2	166,906	16	10	—
70	Dublin Institute for
	Advanced Studies			..	16,460	—	16,460	10,750	0	0	—			10,750	0	0	5,710	0	0	—
71	Repayment of Trade Loans
	Advances		..	..	20,940	—	20,940	18,992	7	3	—			18,992	7	3	1,947	12	9	—
72	Emergency Scientific
	Research Bureau		..	..	24,500	—	24,500	24,456	16	10	—			24,456	16	10	43	3	2	—
73	Special Emergency Schemes				1,250,000	—	1,250,000	1,071,911	17	4	—			1,071,911	17	4	178,088	2	8	—
74	Food Allowances			..	435,000	—	435,000	428,217	9	2	—			428,217	9	2	6,782	10	10	—
75	Damage to Property
	(Neutrality) Compensation			..	260,000	—	260,000	210,235	0	8	—			210,235	0	8	49,764	19	4	—
76	Personal Injuries (Civilians)
	Compensation		..	..	25,000	—	25,000	3,766	3	3	—			3,766	3	3	21,233	16	9	—
77	Repayments to Contingency
	Fund	..	..	..	1,239	—	1,239	1,238	7	10	—			1,238	7	10	0	12	2	—
	Totals		..	..£	42,534,631	2,102,803	40,431,828	40,209,686	6	1	2,266,986	0	10	37,942,700	5	3	2,489,142	5	2*	14	10	5†

									Estimated Expenditure			Actual Expenditure			Less than Estimated			More than Estimated
									£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central fund:—
Service of Public Debt		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,991,840	0	0	2,870,398	0	10	121,441	19	2	—
Road Fund	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	600,000	0	0	631,000	0	0	—			31,000	0	0
Payments to Local Taxation Account					..	..	..	..	1,074,399	0	0	1,079,516	1	2	—			5,117	1	2
Other Central Fund Services			..	..	..	..	..	..	367,460	0	0	381,211	5	1	—			13,751	5	1
Total of Central Fund Services					..	..	..	..	£5,033,699	0	0	4,962,125	7	1	121,441	19	2	49,868	6	3
	Grand total of expenditure					..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		£42,904,825	12	4

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

† The deficiency of the Estimate in the case of Vote 5 (Office of the Minister for Finance) was met by an Excess Vote taken in December. 1944 (See Statement of Excess of Mí na Samhna presented by the Minister for Finance).