Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1953 - 1954::13 October, 1955::Proceedings of the Joint Committee

IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE.

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Déardaoin, 13 Deireadh Fómhair, 1955.

Thursday, 13th October, 1955.

1. The Committee met at 2 p.m.


2. Members Present.


The following members were present:


Deputy Carter (in the Chair), Deputies Bartley, H. P. Dockrell, O’Hara and Sheldon.


3. Consideration of Appropriation Accounts, 1953-54.


Consideration of Appropriation Accounts for the year 1953-54 was resumed. The following Accounts were disposed of:—Charitable Donations and Bequests, Employment and Emergency Schemes, Office of the Minister for Justice, Garda Síochána, Prisons, District Court, Circuit Court, Supreme Court and High Court of Justice, Land Registry and Registry of Deeds, External Affairs and International Cooperation.


4. Witnesses Examined.


Mr. J. S. Martin (Secretary, Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests), Mr. R. Ó hÉigeartaigh (Director, Employment and Emergency Schemes), Mr. T. J. Coyne (Secretary, Department of Justice), Mr. Seán Murphy (Secretary, Department of External Affairs), Mr. C. J. Byrnes and Mr. T. J. Malone (Department of Finance) and the Comptroller and Auditor-General were examined.


5. Adjournment.


The Committee adjourned at 4.30 p.m.