Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1946 - 1947::01 July, 1948::Proceedings of the Joint Committee

IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Déardaoin, 1ú Iúil, 1948.

Thursday, 1st July, 1948.

1. The Committee met at 11 a.m.


2. Present: Deputy MacEntee (in the Chair), Deputies Blaney, B. Brady, Briscoe, J. J. Collins, Gilbride, Kitt and Sheldon.


3. Consideration of the Appropriation Accounts for the year 1946-47 was resumed. The following Accounts were disposed of: President’s Establishment, Houses of the Oireachtas, Department of the Taoiseach, Office of the Minister for Finance, Management of Government Stocks, State Laboratory, Civil Service Commission, Irish Tourist Board, Commissions and Special Inquiries, Superannuation and Retired Allowances, Rates on Government Property, Secret Service, Expenses under the Electoral Act and the Juries Act, Miscellaneous Expenses, Supplementary Agricultural Grants, Law Charges, Universities and Colleges, Damage to Property (Neutrality) Compensation, Personal Injuries (Civilians) Compensation, Alleviation of Distress, Transition Development Fund, Civil Service Remuneration, and Repayments to Contingency Fund.


4. Mr. J. J. McElligott (Secretary, Department of Finance) and the Comptroller and Auditor-General were examined.


5. The Committee adjourned at 12.30 p.m. till Wednesday, 7th July, 1948.