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APPENDIX I.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1952-53.

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

Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the year 1952-53 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	..	13,769,778	0	2	13,769,778	0	2	—			—
Supply Services		93,303,871	10	8	93,267,357	7	9	36,514	2	11	—
Total		107,073,649	10	10	107,037,135	7	11	36,514	2	11	—

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1952-53 amounting to £4,299,400 12s. 3d. 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 1952-53	..	..	..	3,525,385	1	5
„„„„„„ 1953-54	..	..	..	567,637	2	8
„„„„„„ 1955-56	..	..	..	1,230	16	11
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General		..	..	205,147	11	3
				£4,299,400	12	3

An Roinn Airgeadais.

Nollaig, 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			..	..	..	..	..	..	8,179,000	0	0	8,114,151	19	5	64,848	0	7	—
Road Fund	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,500,000	0	0	3,874,000	0	0	—			374,000	0	0
Payments to Local Taxation Account				..	..	..	..	..	1,161,856	0	0	1,119,945	7	1	41,910	12	11	—
Other Central Fund Services			..	..	..	..	..	..	243,144	0	0	661,680	13	8	—			418,536	13	8
Total of Central Fund Services					..	..	..	..	13,084,000	0	0	13,769,778	0	2	106,758	13	6	792,536	13	8
Grand Total of Expenditure						..	..	..	..	..	..	£107,038,366	4	10

1952-53.

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 1952-53			Expenditure, 1952-53.									Difference Between Exchequer Grants (Col. 3) and Net Expenditure (Col. 6).
							Estimated Expenditure (Gross)	Estimated Appropriations in Aid	Net Supply Grant	Actual Expenditure (Gross)			Appropriations in Aid Realised			Net Expenditure			Surplus			Deficit
							(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)			(5)			(6)			(7)			(8)
							£	£	£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1	President’s Establishment				..	..	6,440	—	6,440	6,365	12	6	—			6,365	12	6	74	7	6	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				..	..	212,520	—	212,520	209,884	14	2	—			209,884	14	2	2,635	5	10	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach				..	..	26,250	—	26,250	25,993	5	8	—			25,993	5	8	256	14	4	—
4	Central Statistics Office			..	..	..	131,330	150	131,180	122,182	0	5	362	9	0	121,819	11	5	9,360	8	7	—
5	Comptroller and Auditor General					..	39,340	5,740	33,600	36,916	12	0	5,682	0	0	31,234	12	0	2,365	8	0	—
6	Office of the Minister for Finance					..	165,865	1,505	164,360	153,312	8	1	1,010	3	0	152,302	5	1	12,057	14	11	—
7	Office of the Revenue Commissioners						1,734,870	55,000	1,679,870	1,717,903	15	10	70,066	17	6	1,647,836	18	4	32,033	1	8	—
8	Office of Public Works			..	..	..	369,300	82,200	287,100	344,520	5	2	76,481	10	9	268,038	14	5	19,061	5	7	—
9	Public Works and Buildings				..	..	3,065,147	88,097	2,977,050	2,643,498	14	0	119,530	1	2	2,523,968	12	10	453,081	7	2	—
10	Employment and Emergency Schemes					..	1,008,000	—	1,008,000	837,771	7	1	—			837,771	7	1	170,228	12	11	—
11	Management of Government Stocks					..	32,620	—	32,620	32,603	1	2	—			32,603	1	2	16	18	10	—
12	State Laboratory		..	..	..	..	16,890	—	16,890	16,476	2	5	—			16,476	2	5	413	17	7	—
13	Civil Service Commission			..	..	..	51,475	12,325	39,150	46,191	19	4	14,448	8	10	31,743	10	6	7,406	9	6	—
14	An Chomhairle Ealaíon			..	..	..	10,000	—	10,000	10,000	0	0	—			10,000	0	0	—			—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					..	10,100	—	10,100	7,089	13	1	—			7,089	13	1	3,010	6	11	—
16	Superannuation and Retired Allowances						1,151,605	41,505	1,110,100	1,136,932	19	5	40,284	7	6	1,096,648	11	11	13,451	8	1	—
17	Rates on Government Property					..	271,500	900	270,600	269,866	15	9	881	16	6	268,984	19	3	1,615	0	9	—
18	Secret Service		..	..	..	..	5,000	—	5,000	4,162	13	10	—			4,162	13	10	837	6	2	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and
	the Juries Act		..	..	..	..	19,000	—	19,000	18,548	9	2	—			18,548	9	2	451	10	10	—
20	Supplementary Agricultural Grants					..	4,050,989	—	4,050,989	4,047,989	7	7	—			4,047,989	7	7	2,999	12	5	—
21	Law Charges		..	..	..	..	109,930	4,000	105,930	104,171	14	7	13,041	17	5	91,129	17	2	14,800	2	10	—
22	Universities and Colleges				..	..	547,074	—	547,074	546,624	0	0	—			546,624	0	0	450	0	0	—
23	Miscellaneous Expenses			..	..	..	26,250	—	26,250	25,614	19	6	—			25,614	19	6	635	0	6	—
24	Stationery and Printing				..	..	648,625	78,405	570,220	641,572	13	7	83,409	5	2	558,163	8	5	12,056	11	7	—
25	Valuation and Boundary Survey					..	67,405	7,495	59,910	65,930	12	7	7,445	12	2	58,485	0	5	1,424	19	7	—
26	Ordnance Survey		..	..	..	..	62,320	7,500	54,820	58,588	6	1	7,617	10	2	50,970	15	11	3,849	4	1	—
27	Agriculture		..	..	..	..	7,711,367	517,137	7,194,230	7,428,202	9	1	479,592	4	11	6,948,610	4	2	245,619	15	10	—
28	Fisheries	..	..	..	..	..	248,992	37,462	211,530	218,637	2	9	33,486	10	7	185,150	12	2	26,379	7	10	—
29	Office of the Minister for Justice					..	80,370	—	80,370	74,733	11	4	—			74,733	11	4	5,636	8	8	—
30	Gárda Síochána		..	..	..	..	3,684,796	75,956	3,608,840	3,572,329	14	3	86,848	11	11	3,485,481	2	4	123,358	17	8	—
31	Prisons	..	..	..	..	..	217,059	20,039	197,020	207,081	3	2	20,738	0	1	186,343	3	1	10,676	16	11	—
32	District Court			..	..	..	80,930	—	80,930	74,668	5	11	—			74,668	5	11	6,261	14	1	—
33	Circuit Court		..	..	..	..	144,365	28,525	115,840	138,537	2	5	30,748	3	5	107,788	19	0	8,051	1	0	—
34	Supreme Court and High Court of Justice						90,155	2,365	87,790	89,281	10	0	2,777	9	1	86,504	0	11	1,285	19	1	—
35	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds						88,380	—	88,380	86,032	6	0	—			86,032	6	0	2,347	14	0	—
36	Public Record Office			..	..	..	9,090	—	9,090	8,508	2	8	—			8,508	2	8	581	17	4	—
37	Charitable Donations and Bequests					..	4,348	38	4,310	4,141	6	11	37	2	6	4,104	4	5	205	15	7	—
38	Local Government		..	..	..	..	4,438,685	43,665	4,395,020	4,423,932	7	7	44,645	1	2	4,379,287	6	5	15,732	13	7	—
39	Office of the Minister for Education						329,478	88	329,390	327,275	13	6	87	0	9	327,188	12	9	2,201	7	3	—
40	Primary Education		..	..	..	..	7,597,860	97,400	7,500,460	7,551,708	13	4	99,947	0	5	7,451,761	12	11	48,698	7	1	—
41	Secondary Education			..	..	..	1,311,085	42,115	1,268,970	1,297,519	19	6	44,159	10	3	1,253,360	9	3	15,609	10	9	—
42	Technical Instruction			..	..	..	887,014	35,114	851,900	879,830	9	0	35,487	8	11	844,343	0	1	7,556	19	11	—
43	Science and Art		..	..	..	..	169,520	6,330	163,190	159,612	13	10	8,130	10	11	151,482	2	11	11,477	0	3	—
																			230	16	11*
44	Reformatory and Industrial Schools						245,550	8,850	236,700	238,350	5	9	8,445	0	6	229,905	5	3	6,794	14	9	—
45	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies						62,830	—	62,830	62,380	0	0	—			62,380	0	0	450	0	0	—
46	National Gallery		..	..	..	..	10,860	—	10,860	9,431	12	9	—			9,431	12	9	428	7	3	—
																			1,000	0	0*	—
47	Lands	..	..	..	..	..	1,948,950	147,480	1,801,470	1,939,172	0	3	149,920	14	0	1,789,251	6	3	12,218	13	9	—
48	Forestry	..	..	..	..	..	1,168,450	172,750	995,700	1,163,762	12	5	179,151	1	11	984,611	10	6	11,088	9	6	—
49	Gaeltacht Services			..	..	..	534,809	245,149	289,660	341,220	18	11	232,213	3	0	109,007	15	11	180,652	4	1	—
50	Industry and Commerce			..	..	..	9,796,300	223,120	9,573,180	8,288,176	9	6	118,052	5	5	8,170,124	4	1	1,403,055	15	11	—
51	Transport and Marine Services				..	..	3,152,700	5,370	3,147,330	3,053,014	8	6	6,193	9	3	3,046,820	19	3	100,509	0	9	—
52	Aviation and Meteorological Services						733,098	192,518	540,580	609,109	13	0	245,319	4	4	363,790	8	8	176,789	11	4	—
53	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office			..	..	..	24,870	—	24,870	23,534	10	2	—			23,534	10	2	1,335	9	10	—
54	Posts and Telegraphs			..	..	..	7,667,840	807,840	7,360,000	7,449,826	6	2	339,398	7	9	7,110,427	18	5	249,572	1	7	—
55	Wireless Broadcasting			..	..	..	302,260	63,000	239,260	266,898	6	3	68,138	7	11	198,759	18	4	40,500	1	8	—
56	Defence	..	..	..	..	..	7,381,955	163,385	7,218,570	7,221,932	4	5	173,551	15	11	7,048,380	8	6	170,189	11	6	—
57	Army Pensions		..	..	..	..	995,090	—	995,090	937,611	1	8	—			937,611	1	8	57,478	18	4	—
58	External Affairs		..	..	..	..	424,560	1,900	422,660	399,485	2	5	5,149	10	6	394,335	11	11	28,324	8	1	—
59	International Co-operation				..	..	37,400	—	37,400	28,149	9	10	—			28,149	9	10	9,250	10	2	—
60	Office of the Minister for Social
	Welfare	..	..	..	..	..	1,114,175	667,965	446,210	1,090,184	12	7	698,109	15	4	392,074	17	3	54,135	2	9	—
61	Old Age Pensions		..	..	..	..	8,835,000	4,000	8,831,000	8,769,605	15	9	3,892	18	3	8,765,712	17	6	65,287	2	6	—
62	Children’s Allowances			..	..	..	4,466,000	—	4,466,000	4,413,243	1	1	—			4,413,243	1	1	52,756	18	11	—
63	Unemployment Insurance and
	Unemployment Assistance		..	..	..	..	1,912,385	484,585	1,427,800	1,873,995	13	3	485,174	7	9	1,388,821	5	6	38,978	14	6	—
64	Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions					..	1,638,210	—	1,638,210	1,550,391	14	0	—			1,550,391	14	0	87,818	6	0	—
65	National Health Insurance				..	..	800,400	—	800,400	769,947	17	3	—			769,947	17	3	30,452	2	9	—
66	Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services						264,000	—	264,000	253,330	4	3	—			253,330	4	3	10,669	15	9	—
67	Health	..	..	..	..	..	5,982,985	301,575	5,681,410	5,975,933	7	10	302,263	8	3	5,673,669	19	7	7,740	0	5	—
68	General Register Office			..	..	..	28,540	7,710	20,830	26,338	16	2	6,780	4	6	19,558	11	8	1,271	8	4	—
69	Dundrum Asylum		..	..	..	..	38,660	1,800	36,860	36,709	8	0	1,599	8	4	35,109	19	8	1,750	0	4	—
70	Technical Assistance			..	..	..	220,000	20,000	200,000	41,703	17	6	16,888	8	4	24,815	9	2	175,184	10	10	—
71	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar
	gCúng	..	..	..	..	..	7,450	—	7,450	5,449	7	8	—			5,449	7	8	2,000	12	4	—
72	Tourism	..	..	..	..	..	235,000	—	235,000	210,000	0	0	—			210,000	0	0	25,000	0	0	—
73	Social Insurance		..	..	..	..	910,300	—	910,300	910,068	0	0	—			910,068	0	0	232	0	0	—
74	Repayments to Contingency Fund					..	2,845	—	2,845	2,844	1	6	—			2,844	1	6		18	6	—
	Total				..	..£	101,876,811	4,310,053	97,566,758	97,634,545	13	1	4,367,188	5	4	93,267,357	7	9				—
Total Amount to be Surrendered																		£	4,299,400	12	3

See paragraphs 11 and 19 of the Report of the Committee of Public Accounts for the year 1952-53.

*Amount disallowed.