Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1950 - 1951::26 February, 1953::Appendix

APPENDIX I.

1949-50.


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 1949-50 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

....

7,897,165

17

9

7,897,165

17

9

Supply Services

73,314,600

3

7

73,312,571

8

3

2,028

15

4

Total

81,211,766

1

4

81,209,737

6

0

2,028

15

4

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realized in excess of the Estimates for the year 1949-50 amounting to £1,294,892 11s. 9d. as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:—


Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—

£

s.

d.

Out of

Ways

and Means of

1949-50

....

....

....

927,078

11

6

1950-51

....

....

....

367,645

14

1

Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General

...

....

....

168

6

2

 

£1,294,892

11

9

An Roinn Airgeadais.


21 Eanáir, 1953.


1949-50.


GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and Review by the Committee of Public Accounts.)


No. of Vote

Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difference Between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchequer Grants

Grants and Estimated Receipts,

Expenditure, 1949-50

(Col. 3)

1949-50

and Net Expenditure

(Col. 6)

Estimated Expenditure (Gross)

Estimated Appropriations in Aid

Net Supply Grant

Actual Expenditure (Gross)

Appropriations in Aid Realized

Net Expenditure

Surplus

Deficit

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

 

 

£

£

£

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

1

President’s Establishment

...

...

...

5,430

5,430

5,289

19

6

5,289

19

6

140

0

6

2

Houses of the Oireachtas

...

...

...

183,630

183,630

180,806

19

0

180,806

19

0

2,823

1

0

3

Department of the Taoiseach

...

...

21,650

21,650

21,446

12

11

21,446

12

11

203

7

1

4

Comptroller and Auditor General

...

...

35,930

6,100

29,830

32,181

11

1

6,060

0

0

26,121

11

1

3,708

8

11

5

Office of the Minister for Finance

...

...

147,455

3,005

144,450

136,871

0

10

3,747

13

9

133,123

7

1

11,326

12

11

6

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

...

1,425,890

70,200

1,355,690

1,408,312

8

5

63,225

8

6

1,345,086

19

11

10,603

0

1

7

Old Age Pensions

...

...

...

...

7,153,000

2,000

7,151,000

7,082,165

7

2

2,928

2

2

7,079,237

5

0

71,762

15

0

8

Management of Government Stocks

...

22,100

22,100

22,049

9

6

22,049

9

6

50

10

6

9

Office of Public Works

...

...

...

239,397

38,297

201,100

228,475

11

10

47,400

18

0

181,074

13

10

20,025

6

2

10

Public Works and Buildings

...

...

1,954,387

86,317

1,868,070

1,904,861

8

10

97,955

8

2

1,806,906

0

8

61,163

19

4

11

Employment and Emergency Schemes

...

1,250,000

1,250,000

1,240,636

3

9

1,240,636

3

9

9,363

16

3

12

State Laboratory

...

...

...

...

13,320

13,320

12,926

7

5

12,926

7

5

393

12

7

13

Civil Service Commission

...

...

...

45,355

10,655

34,700

38,645

10

8

10,629

16

7

28,015

14

1

6,684

5

11

14

Irish Tourist Board

...

...

...

...

34,600

34,600

34,600

0

0

36,600

0

0

15

Commissions and Special Inquiries

...

7,000

7,000

6,148

9

11

6,148

9

11

851

10

1

16

Superannuation and Retired Allowances

...

920,165

21,025

899,140

873,050

2

7

21,677

18

6

851,372

4

1

47,767

15

11

17

Rates on Government Property

...

...

231,785

885

230,900

227,123

13

3

1,005

7

10

226,118

5

5

4,781

14

7

18

Secret Service

...

...

...

...

5,000

5,000

1,872

2

10

1,872

2

10

3,127

17

2

19

Expenses under the Electoral Act and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juries Act

...

...

...

...

...

18,000

18,000

17,368

6

11

17,368

6

11

631

13

1

20

Miscellaneous Expenses

...

...

...

15,340

15,340

14,877

5

3

14,877

5

3

462

14

9

21

Stationery and Printing

...

...

...

401,825

58,025

343,800

398,789

7

1

59,918

5

11

338,871

1

2

4,928

18

10

22

Valuation and Boundary Survey

...

55,975

7,495

48,480

55,626

10

3

7,524

5

6

48,102

4

9

377

15

3

23

Ordnance Survey

...

...

...

...

54,660

6,770

47,890

49,788

14

9

5,846

2

6

43,942

12

3

3,947

7

9

24

Supplementary Agricultural Grants

...

3,374,989

3,374,989

3,372,710

13

11

3,372,710

13

11

2,278

6

1

25

Law Charges

...

...

...

...

...

101,600

4,000

97,600

94,244

0

7

4,259

4

1

89,984

16

6

7,615

3

6

26

Universities and Colleges

...

...

...

322,274

322,274

319,685

4

4

319,685

4

4

2,588

15

8

27

Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions

...

...

1,058,000

1,058,000

1,055,903

6

6

1,055,903

6

6

2,096

13

6

28

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

...

54,870

54,870

53,630

0

0

53,630

0

0

1,240

0

0

29

Agriculture

...

...

...

...

...

10,211,207

371,567

9,839,640

10,067,529

3

2

361,744

5

5

9,705,784

17

9

133,855

2

3

30

Agricultural Produce Subsidies

...

...

2,675,000

2,675,000

2,674,994

14

0

2,674,994

14

0

5

6

0

31

Fisheries

...

...

...

...

...

254,306

26,456

227,850

132,367

5

1

25,769

1

2

106,598

3

11

121,251

16

1

32

Office of the Minister for Justice

...

...

69,470

69,470

65,552

11

4

65,552

11

4

3,917

8

8

33

Garda Síochána

...

...

...

...

3,199,657

57,717

3,141,940

3,169,682

16

9

60,937

12

11

3,108,745

3

10

33,194

16

2

34

Prisons

...

...

...

...

...

202,132

21,302

180,830

195,245

16

10

17,697

13

5

177,548

3

5

3,281

16

7

35

District Court

...

...

...

...

70,570

70,570

68,096

14

7

68,096

14

7

2,473

5

5

36

Circuit Court

...

...

...

...

...

120,003

27,143

92,860

119,235

3

0

28,808

15

11

90,426

7

1

2,433

12

11

37

Supreme Court and High Court of Justice

76,230

460

75,770

75,055

4

10

1,241

1

0

73,814

3

10

1,955

16

2

38

Land Registry and Registry of Deeds

...

76,360

76,360

74,230

5

2

74,230

5

2

2,129

14

10

39

Public Record Office

...

...

...

7,550

7,550

7,133

9

3

7,133

9

3

416

10

9

40

Charitable Donations and Bequests

...

4,228

48

4,180

3,784

6

1

47

14

8

3,736

11

5

443

8

7

41

Local Government

...

...

...

...

3,258,312

35,212

3,223,100

3,237,671

7

9

32,751

1

3

3,204,920

6

6

18,179

13

6

42

General Register Office

...

...

...

27,745

8,315

19,430

27,418

11

3

8,328

5

7

19,090

5

8

339

14

4

43

Dundrum Asylum

...

...

...

...

30,352

1,702

28,650

29,687

10

7

1,443

8

3

28,244

2

4

405

17

8

44

National Health Insurance

...

...

...

490,900

490,900

485,991

17

5

485,991

17

5

4,908

2

7

45

Office of the Minister for Education

...

276,618

78

276,540

268,275

12

8

149

5

3

268,126

7

5

8,413

12

7

46

Primary Education

...

...

...

...

5,509,200

97,550

5,411,650

5,442,830

9

1

99,219

1

9

5,343,611

7

4

68,038

12

8

47

Secondary Education

...

...

...

937,020

40,720

896,300

935,273

17

3

41,502

0

7

893,771

16

8

2,528

3

4

48

Technical Instruction

...

...

...

694,171

33,791

660,380

685,980

15

0

34,638

16

0

651,341

19

0

9,038

1

0

49

Science and Art

...

...

...

...

111,320

4,520

106,800

107,978

15

1

5,176

2

7

102,802

12

6

3,997

7

6

50

Reformatory and Industrial Schools

...

186,907

12,057

174,850

175,705

9

1

15,195

2

6

160,510

6

7

14,339

13

5

51

National Gallery

...

...

...

...

8,500

8,500

8,385

17

9

8,385

17

9

114

2

3

52

Lands

...

...

...

...

...

...

1,670,020

139,970

1,530,050

1,560,308

7

7

143,289

9

10

1,417,018

17

9

113,031

2

3

53

Forestry

...

...

...

...

...

555,503

96,633

458,870

540,245

2

8

103,760

12

8

436,484

10

0

22,385

10

0

54

Gaeltacht Services

...

...

...

...

321,168

195,161

126,007

269,891

16

9

161,672

2

10

108,219

13

11

17,787

6

1

55

Industry and Commerce

...

...

...

3,557,546

136,136

3,421,410

3,547,378

19

1

137,969

15

9

3,409,409

3

4

12,000

16

8

56

Aviation and Meteorological Services

...

1,292,454

150,144

1,142,310

1,267,299

16

7

152,860

8

8

1,114,439

7

11

27,870

12

1

57

Children’s Allowances

...

...

...

2,200,000

2,200,000

2,193,193

2

6

2,193,193

2

6

6,806

17

6

58

Transport and Marine Services

...

...

4,359,556

5,956

4,353,600

4,233,191

19

4

8,731

19

5

4,224,459

19

11

129,140

0

1

59

Unemployment Insurance and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unemployment Assistance

...

...

...

1,889,150

536,150

1,353,000

1,816,343

5

4

546,486

1

11

1,269,857

3

5

83,142

17

 

60

Industrial and Commercial Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration Office

...

...

...

18,570

18,570

18,176

19

8

18,176

19

8

393

0

4

61

Posts and Telegraphs

...

...

...

5,498,002

270,492

5,227,510

5,441,181

18

0

271,648

9

1

5,169,533

8

11

57,976

11

1

62

Wireless Broadcasting

...

...

...

213,650

213,650

203,702

12

1

203,702

12

1

9,947

7

11

63

Defence

...

...

...

...

...

3,848,656

142,776

3,705,880

3,816,026

16

6

115,176

7

5

3,700,850

9

1

5,029

10

11

64

Army Pensions

...

...

...

...

848,570

848,570

822,287

10

10

822,287

10

10

26,282

9

2

65

External Affairs

...

...

...

...

278,550

278,550

257,312

5

2

257,312

5

2

21,237

14

10

66

Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

...

792,595

402,125

390,470

785,997

6

9

408,350

17

8

377,646

9

1

12,823

10

11

67

Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services

...

225,700

225,700

212,824

17

2

212,824

17

2

12,875

2

10

68

Health

...

...

...

...

...

2,798,255

330,065

2,468,190

2,789,895

8

3

329,711

15

6

2,460,183

12

9

8,006

7

3

69

Damage to Property (Neutrality)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

...

...

...

...

...

9,500

9,500

1,262

6

5

1,262

6

5

8,237

13

7

70

Personal Injuries (Civilians) Compensation

2,680

2,680

2,116

19

10

2,116

19

10

563

0

2

71

Organization for European Economic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Operation*

...

...

...

...

72

Central Statistics Office

...

...

...

4,120

120

4,000

3,731

8

10

144

7

0

3,587

1

10

412

18

2

73

European Co-Operation

...

...

...

24,130

24,130

21,795

1

10

21,795

1

10

2,334

18

2

74

Repayments to Contingency Fund

...

6,844

6,844

6,843

12

6

6,843

12

6

 

7

6

 

Total

...

...£

78,066,604

3,459,140

74,307,464

76,759,201

15

9

3,446,630

7

6

73,312,571

8

3

 

 

 

Total Amount to be Surrendered

...

...

£

1,294,892

11

9

 

 

Estimated

Actual

Less than

More than

 

Expenditure

Expenditure

Estimated

Estimated

 

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Central Fund:—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service of Public Debt

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

3,986,200

0

0

3,978,057

16

9

8,142

3

3

Road Fund

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

2,400,000

0

0

2,552,000

0

0

152,000

0

0

Payments to Local Taxation Account

...

...

...

...

...

1,187,010

0

0

1,211,803

16

5

24,793

16

5

Other Central Fund Services

...

...

...

...

...

...

155,220

0

0

155,304

4

7

84

4

7

Total of Central Fund Services

...

...

...

...

7,728,430

0

0

7,897,165

17

9

8,142

3

3

176,878

1

0

Grand Total of Expenditure

...

...

...

...

...

...

 

 

 

£81,209,737

6

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Estimate not moved; superseded by No. 73.