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APPENDIX I.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1951-52.

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

Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the year 1951-52 with Exchequer Issues of that Year.

		Exchequer Issues			Audited Expenditure (Net)			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	..	10,779,906	7	0	10,779,906	7	0	—			—
Supply Services		90,443,101	17	9	90,086,481	4	1	356,620	13	8	—
Total	..	101,223,008	4	9	100,866,387	11	1	356,620	13	8	—

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1951-52 amounting to £4,302,256 15s. 11d., as shown in Column 8 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—

				£	s.	d.
Out of Ways and Means of 1951-52	..	..	..	3,371,765	16	8
„„„„„„ 1952-53	..	..	..	733,393	4	1
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General	..	..	..	197,097	15	2
				£4,302,256	15	11

An Roinn Airgeadais.

15 Eanáir, 1955.

									Estimated Expenditure			Actual Expenditure			Less than Estimated			More than Estimated
									£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central Fund:—
Service of Public Debt		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	6,050,000	0	0	6,093,759	14	5	—			43,759	14	5
Road Fund	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3,000,000	0	0	3,261,000	0	0	—			261,000	0	0
Payments to Local Taxation Account				...	...	...	...	...	1,197,246	0	0	1,198,283	14	1	—			1,037	14	1
Other Central Fund Services			...	...	...	...	...	...	157,754	0	0	226,862	18	6	—			69,108	18	6
Total of Central Fund Services					...	...	...	...	10,405,000	0	0	10,779,906	7	0	—			374,906	7	0
	Grand Total of Expenditure					...	...	...	...	...	...	£100,866,387	11	1

1951-52.

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						Grants and Estimated Receipts 1951-52			Expenditure, 1951-52												Difference Between Exchequer Grants (Col. 3) and Net Expenditure (Col. 6) as adjusted by Amounts shown in Col. 7
							Estimated Expenditure (Gross)	Estimated Appropriations in Aid	Net Supply Grant	Actual Expenditure (Gross)			Appropriations in Aid Realised			Net Expenditure			Amount Allocated from Vote for Increases in Remuneration			Surplus			Deficit
							(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)			(5)			(6)			(7)			(8)			(9)
							£	£	£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1	President’s Establishment				..	..	5,570	—	5,570	6,261	16	4	—			6,261	16	4	691	16	4	—			—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				..	..	192,540	—	192,540	185,691	11	2	—			185,691	11	2	—			6,848	8	10	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach					..	22,620	—	22,620	24,995	13	2	—			24,995	13	2	2,375	13	2	—			—
4	Central Statistics Office				..	..	118,850	180	118,670	123,499	1	11	183	9	1	123,315	12	10	4,649	1	11	3	9	1	—
5	Comptroller and Auditor General					..	35,355	5,415	29,940	37,184	0	7	5,776	5	0	31,407	15	7	1,829	0	7	361	5	0	—
6	Office of the Minister for Finance						151,605	1,505	150,100	162,560	13	7	3,508	2	0	159,052	11	7	10,955	13	7	2,003	2	0	—
7	Office of the Revenue Commissioners						1,478,110	46,000	1,432,110	1,698,495	3	7	66,378	7	8	1,632,116	15	11	220,385	3	7	20,378	7	8	—
8	Office of Public Works				..	..	310,180	78,500	231,680	315,053	1	9	79,196	11	3	235,856	10	6	4,873	1	9	696	11	3	—
9	Public Works and Buildings				..	..	3,245,377	93,807	3,151,570	2,745,081	17	2	106,081	2	1	2,639,000	15	1	—			512,569	4	11	—
10	Employment and Emergency Schemes						787,000	—	787,000	763,586	5	11	—			763,586	5	11	—			23,413	14	1	—
11	Management of Government Stocks						28,450	—	28,450	28,408	13	0	—			28,408	13	0	—			41	7	0	—
12	State Laboratory			..	..	..	13,720	—	13,720	14,173	1	9	—			14,173	1	9	453	1	9	—			—
13	Civil Service Commission				..	..	46,635	12,005	34,630	45,584	1	2	11,241	19	7	34,342	1	7	—			287	18	5	—
14	Irish Tourist Board			..	..	..	72,000	—	72,000	72,000	0	0	—			72,000	0	0	—			—			—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					..	7,170	—	7,170	6,029	12	9	—			6,029	12	9	—			1,140	7	3	—
16	Superannuation and Retired
	Allowance			..	..	..	1,007,705	22,500	985,205	993,452	17	3	34,233	2	6	959,219	14	9	—			25,985	5	3
17	Rates on Government Property					..	245,900	900	245,000	244,738	19	9	871	14	6	243,867	5	3	—			1,132	14	9	—
18	Secret Service			..	..	..	5,000	—	5,000	2,901	4	8	—			2,901	4	8	—			2,098	15	4	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act
	and the Juries Act			..	..	..	18,000	—	18,000	16,588	8	10	—			16,588	8	10	—			1,411	11	2	—
20	Supplementary Agricultural Grants						3,630,989	—	3,630,989	3,627,839	16	2	—			3,627,839	16	2	—			3,140	3	10	—
21	Law Charges		..	..	..	..	108,500	4,000	104,500	105,918	10	5	3,883	1	3	102,035	9	2	—			2,464	10	10	—
22	Universities and Colleges				..	..	482,574	—	482,574	482,124	0	0	—			482,124	0	0	—			450	0	0	—
23	Miscellaneous Expenses				..	..	21,800	—	21,800	20,022	12	2	—			20,022	12	2	—			1,777	7	10	—
24	Stationery and Printing				..	..	753,076	70,306	682,770	723,944	5	7	72,487	1	2	651,457	4	5	—			31,312	15	7	—
25	Valuation and Boundary Survey					..	59,215	7,295	51,920	63,891	13	11	7,548	19	4	56,342	14	7	4,676	13	11	253	19	4	—
26	Ordnance Survey		..	..	..	..	58,900	6,980	51,920	60,797	14	9	6,953	4	10	53,844	9	11	1,924	9	11	—			—
27	Agriculture		..	..	..	..	14,628,991	547,431	14,081,560	14,273,847	8	6	557,716	4	6	13,716,131	4	0	—			365,428	16	0	—
28	Fisheries		..	..	..	..	230,048	35,458	194,590	211,888	18	11	35,444	3	5	176,444	15	6	—			18,145	4	6	—
29	Office of the Minister for Justice						69,650	—	69,650	77,785	13	3	—			77,785	13	3	8,135	13	3	—			—
30	Garda Síochána		..	..	..	..	3,147,813	65,433	3,082,380	3,510,514	9	2	76,390	5	0	3,434,124	4	2	362,701	9	2	10,957	5	0	—
31	Prisons		..	..	..	..	201,474	18,834	182,640	208,605	10	7	19,777	15	8	188,827	14	11	7,131	10	7	943	15	8	—
32	District Court		..	..	..	..	74,000	—	74,000	76,834	11	3	—			76,834	11	3	2,834	11	3	—			—
33	Circuit Court		..	..	..	..	129,815	26,635	103,180	140,509	16	2	31,784	10	2	108,725	6	0	10,694	16	2	5,149	10	2	—
34	Supreme Court and High Court of
	Justice		..	..	..	..	78,050	600	77,450	88,667	11	10	879	16	5	87,787	15	5	10,617	11	10	279	16	5	—
35	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds						83,080	—	83,080	89,276	12	7	—			89,276	12	7	6,196	12	7	—			—
36	Public Record Office			..	..	..	7,890	—	7,890	9,099	14	5	—			9,099	14	5	1,209	14	5	—			—
37	Charitable Donations and Bequests						4,088	48	4,040	3,998	19	0	66	15	11	3,932	3	1	—			107	16	11	—
38	Local Government			..	..	..	6,729,090	40,710	6,688,380	5,946,003	12	9	46,230	2	5	5,899,773	10	4	—			788,606	9	8	—
39	Office of the Minister for Education						290,457	367	290,090	320,561	17	0	82	7	7	320,479	9	5	30,389	9	5	—			—
40	Primary Education			..	..	..	6,556,890	98,940	6,457,950	7,187,086	16	1	103,650	14	10	7,083,436	1	3	630,196	16	1	4,710	14	10	—
41	Secondary Education			..	..	..	1,103,800	41,680	1,062,120	1,224,187	9	0	42,751	9	5	1,181,435	19	7	120,387	9	0	1,071	9	5	—
42	Technical Instruction			..	..	..	781,500	34,550	746,950	811,866	13	11	34,928	11	5	776,938	2	6	30,366	13	11	378	11	5	—
43	Science and Art		..	..	..	..	139,124	5,474	133,650	143,239	10	0	5,910	6	1	137,329	3	11	4,115	10	0	436	6	1	—
44	Reformatory and Industrial Schools						200,710	14,700	186,010	194,795	10	9	9,340	0	9	185,455	10	0	—			554	10	0	—
45	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies						56,130	—	56,130	53,578	0	0	—			53,578	0	0	—			2,552	0	0	—
46	National Gallery			..	..	..	8,510	—	8,510	9,068	4	10	—			9,068	4	10	558	4	10	—			—
47	Lands	..	..	..	..	..	1,768,060	143,300	1,624,760	1,821,718	11	4	148,855	6	9	1,672,863	4	7	53,658	11	4	5,555	6	9	—
48	Forestry	..	..	..	..	..	1,302,940	175,739	1,127,210	1,258,908	16	7	192,928	17	0	1,065,979	19	7	—			61,230	0	5	—
49	Gaeltacht Services			..	..	..	665,395	252,665	412,730	558,476	19	5	217,638	0	3	340,838	19	2	—			71,891	0	10	—
50	Industry and Commerce				..	..	6,752,357	186,452	6,565,905	6,720,688	19	2	192,042	13	4	6,528,646	5	10	—			37,258	14	2	—
51	Transport and Marine Services					..	2,725,584	5,324	2,720,260	2,692,050	18	3	5,886	12	1	2,686,164	6	2	—			34,095	13	10	—
52	Aviation and Meteorological Services						702,410	180,000	522,410	623,479	5	2	196,575	19	1	426,903	6	1	—			95,506	13	11	—
53	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office			..	..	..	20,090	—	20,090	21,736	10	3	—			21,736	10	3	1,646	10	3	—			—
54	Posts and Telegraphs			..	..	..	6,980,066	268,066	6,712,000	7,012,605	5	7	302,092	7	6	6,710,512	18	1	32,539	5	7	34,026	7	6	—
55	Wireless Broadcasting			..	..	..	252,350	48,000	204,350	238,033	1	4	47,123	5	8	190,909	15	8	—			13,440	4	4	—
56	Defence	..	..	..	..	..	5,228,360	131,490	5,096,870	5,584,322	18	6	167,293	7	9	5,417,029	10	9	355,962	18	6	35,803	7	9	—
57	Army Pensions		..	..	..	..	907,450	—	907,450	888,781	7	9	—			888,781	7	9	—			18,668	12	3	—
58	External Affairs		..	..	..	..	377,310	500	376,810	391,317	16	9	511	18	5	390,805	18	4	14,007	16	9	11	18	5	—
59	European Co-Operation			..	..	..	31,250	—	31,250	25,374	19	10	—			25,374	19	10	—			575	0	2	—
60	Office of the Minister for Social
	Welfare	..	..	..	..	..	992,773	646,733	346,040	1,073,802	7	6	659,484	4	4	411,318	3	2	81,029	7	6	12,751	4	4	—
61	Old Age Pensions			..	..	..	7,579,000	2,000	7,577,000	7,511,577	17	4	4,202	13	11	7,507,375	3	5	—			69,624	16	7	—
62	Children’s Allowances			..	..	..	2,242,000	—	2,242,000	2,231,863	10	0	—			2,231,863	10	0	—			10,136	10	0	—
63	Unemployment Insurance and
	Unemployment Assistance			..	..	..	1,761,570	548,370	1,213,200	1,616,812	8	4	552,880	18	1	1,063,931	10	3	—			149,268	9	9	—
64	Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions					..	1,042,050	—	1,042,050	1,042,001	17	0	—			1,042,001	17	0	—			48	3	0	—
65	National Health Insurance				..	..	567,010	—	567,010	562,142	3	6	—			562,142	3	6	—			4,867	16	6	—
66	Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services						301,800	—	301,800	299,809	12	7	—			299,809	12	7	—			1,990	7	5	—
67	Health	..	..	..	..	..	5,084,290	341,690	4,742,600	5,092,677	0	3	342,285	1	3	4,750,391	19	0	13,887	0	3	6,095	1	3	—
68	General Register Office				..	..	25,495	8,015	17,480	26,734	1	5	7,887	15	6	18,846	5	11	,366	5	11	—			—
69	Dundrum Asylum		..	..	..	..	32,745	1,645	31,100	36,152	8	0	1,597	18	3	34,554	9	9	3,454	9	9	—			—
70	Technical Assistance			..	..	..	150,010	—	150,010	636	19	3	—			636	19	3	—			149,373	0	9	—
71	Increases in Remuneration				..	..	3,683,000	—	3,683,000	2,035,902	4	10	—			2,035,902	4	10	—			1,647,097	15	2	—
72	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar
	gCúng		..	..	..	..	4,140	—	4,140	3,602	9	8	—			3,602	9	8	—			537	10	4	—
73	An Chomhairle Ealaíon			..	..	..	1,100	—	1,100	1,100	0	0	—			1,100	0	0	—			—			—
74	Repayments to Contingency Fund						415	—	415	414	5	0	—			414	5	0	—				15	0	—
	Total					..£	98,608,971	4,220,233	94,388,738	96,524,966	11	11	4,402,583	3	0	92,122,383	8	11	2,035,902	4	10				—
										*2,035,902	4	10				*2,035,902	4	10
										94,489,064	7	1				90,086,481	4	1
Total Amount to be Surrendered																					..	£4,302,256	15	11

*The sum of £2,035,902 4s. 10d. has been included under both the Increases in Remuneration Vote and in the expenditure of the Departments as shown in Column “Amount allocated from Vote for Increases in Remuneration.” The actual expenditure (gross) is therefore £94,489,064 7s. 1d. and the net expenditure £90,086,481 4s. 1d.