Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1956 - 1957::17 July, 1958::Appendix

APPENDIX I.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1955-56.

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


Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the Year 1955-56, 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)

 

£

£

£

£

Central Fund Services

20,085,848

20,085,848

Supply Services

...

106,195,179

106,138,874

56,305

Total

...

...

126,281,027

126,224,722

56,305

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1955-56 amounting to £4,853,677 as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:—


Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—


£

Out of Ways and Means of 1955-56

..

..

..

3,839,120

     „       „     „     „     „     „     1956-57

..

..

..

1,003,047

Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General

..

..

11,510

£4,853,677

An Roinn Airgeadais,


Bealtaine, 1958.


 

Estimated

Actual

Less than

More than

 

Expenditure

Expenditure

Estimated

Estimated

 

£

£

£

£

Central Fund:—

 

 

 

 

Service of Public Debt

...

...

...

...

...

...

13,533,000

13,580,371

47,371

Road Fund

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

5,050,000

5,078,000

28,000

Payments to Local Taxation Account

...

...

...

...

1,159,036

1,178,605

19,569

Payments to Capital Fund

...

...

...

...

...

...

54,000

54,000

Other Central Fund Services

...

...

...

...

...

...

199,964

194,872

5,092

Total of Central Fund Services

...

...

...

19,942,000

20,085,848

5,092

148,940

1955-56


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 1955-56

Expenditure, 1955-56

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

Amount to be surrendered

Deficit

 

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

 

 

£

£

£

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1

President’s Establishment

..

..

7,750

7,750

7,666

0

7

7,666

0

7

83

19

5

2

Houses of the Oireachtas

..

..

225,490

225,490

221,402

14

6

221,402

14

6

4,087

5

6

3

Department of the Taoiseach

..

..

27,450

27,450

27,427

2

11

27,427

2

11

22

17

1

4

Central Statistics Office

..

..

..

128,360

200

128,160

112,543

5

0

646

17

0

111,896

8

0

16,263

12

0

5

Comptroller and Auditor General

..

40,220

6,300

33,920

35,694

19

7

6,476

0

0

29,218

19

7

4,701

0

5

6

Office of the Minister for Finance

..

163,740

1,400

162,340

152,907

10

7

1,250

0

0

151,657

10

7

10,682

9

5

7

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

1,914,160

79,000

1,835,160

1,855,120

13

6

80,827

1

7

1,774,293

11

11

60,866

8

1

8

Office of Public Works

..

..

..

474,100

88,900

385,200

430,223

14

7

111,801

5

0

318,422

9

7

66,777

10

5

9

Public Works and Buildings

..

..

4,049,417

156,007

3,893,410

3,538,987

18

8

208,660

3

1

3,330,327

15

7

563,082

4

5

10

Employment and Emergency Schemes

..

722,800

25,500

697,360

711,147

0

11

38,310

19

1

672,836

1

10

24,463

18

2

11

Management of Government Stocks

..

43,250

43,250

43,233

16

7

43,233

16

7

16

3

5

12

State Laboratory

..

..

..

..

24,890

24,890

22,120

0

2

22,120

0

2

2,769

19

10

13

Civil Service Commission

..

..

..

53,390

16,500

36,890

49,903

4

1

16,414

16

3

33,488

7

10

3,401

12

2

14

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

..

..

..

20,000

20,000

18,889

0

0

18,889

0

0

1,111

0

0

15

Commissions and Special Inquiries

..

12,500

12,500

7,580

5

0

7,580

5

0

4,919

15

0

16

Superannuation and Retired Allowances

1,034,630

116,300

918,330

983,725

13

2

113,620

19

10

870,104

13

4

48,225

6

8

17

Rates on Government Property

..

338,290

9,290

329,000

330,467

18

7

10,926

5

10

319,541

12

9

9,458

7

3

18

Secret Service

..

..

..

..

7,500

7,500

6,217

6

0

6,217

6

0

1,282

14

0

19

Expenses under the Electoral Act and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Juries Act

..

..

..

..

..

19,000

19,000

17,626

1

11

17,626

1

11

1,373

18

20

Supplementary Agricultural Grants

..

4,750,989

4,750,989

4,666,418

12

11

4,666,418

12

11

84,570

7

1

21

Law Charges

..

..

..

..

121,580

4,000

117,580

112,206

14

4

5,741

14

2

106,465

0

2

11,114

19

10

22

Universities and Colleges

..

..

539,924

539,924

539,474

0

0

539,474

0

0

450

0

0

23

Miscellaneous Expenses

..

..

..

26,670

26,670

23,435

17

5

23,435

17

5

3,234

2

7

24

Stationery Office

...

...

..

..

578,805

114,305

464,500

514,155

7

7

120,098

3

5

394,057

4

2

70,442

15

10

25

Valuation and Boundary Survey

..

76,210

7,960

68,250

73,817

1

4

8,123

18

7

65,693

2

9

2,556

17

3

26

Ordnance Survey

..

..

..

..

67,955

7,505

60,450

63,398

14

8

7,239

2

3

56,159

12

5

4,290

7

7

27

Agriculture

..

..

..

..

8,690,152

1,249,622

7,440,530

8,657,838

5

9

1,245,197

6

11

7,412,640

18

10

27,889

1

2

28

Fisheries

..

..

..

..

..

167,530

30,390

137,140

159,552

6

10

25,435

8

6

134,116

18

4

3,023

1

8

29

Office of the Minister for Justice

..

88,980

88,980

85,632

10

4

85,632

10

4

3,347

9

8

30

Garda Síochána

..

..

..

..

4,622,090

102,170

4,519,920

4,416,392

13

10

102,306

0

4

4,314,086

13

6

205,833

6

6

31

Prisons

..

..

..

..

..

216,750

31,010

185,740

202,742

13

10

25,771

5

10

176,971

8

0

8,768

12

0

32

District Court

..

..

..

83,540

83,540

79,617

17

9

79,617

17

9

3,922

2

3

33

Circuit Court

..

..

..

..

152,985

29,785

123,200

147,858

7

3

31,480

2

9

116,378

4

6

6,821

15

6

34

Supreme Court and High Court of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justice

...

...

...

...

...

95,470

910

94,560

93,631

14

8

1,262

6

3

92,369

8

5

2,190

11

7

35

Land Registry and Registry of Deeds

96,320

96,320

92,992

16

9

92,992

16

9

3,327

3

3

36

Public Record Office

..

..

..

9,600

9,560

9,472

19

9

9,472

19

9

87

0

3

37

Charitable Donations and Bequests

..

5,198

38

5,160

5,139

6

7

37

2

6

5,102

4

1

57

5

11

38

Local Government

..

..

..

..

4,750,565

52,395

4,698,170

4,578,807

10

1

58,146

9

5

4,520,661

0

8

177,508

19

4

39

Office of the Minister for Education

348,172

82

348,090

338,532

2

3

104

17

8

338,427

4

7

9,662

15

5

40

Primary Education

..

..

..

..

8,351,520

112,390

8,239,130

8,288,691

8

3

115,256

9

8

8,173,434

18

7

65,695

1

5

41

Secondary Education

..

..

..

1,797,065

48,375

1,748,690

1,792,749

1

3

52,358

3

3

1,740,390

18

0

8,299

2

0

42

Technical Instruction

..

..

..

1,142,480

37,320

1,105,160

1,127,104

18

5

38,176

12

8

1,088,928

5

9

16,231

14

3

43

Science and Art

..

..

..

..

208,666

9,965

198,701

191,577

15

4

10,942

15

4

180,635

0

0

18,066

0

0

44

Reformatory and Industrial Schools

212,740

5,800

206,940

202,865

0

7

5,983

12

6

196,881

8

1

10,058

11

11

45

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

64,700

64,700

63,290

0

0

63,190

0

0

1,510

0

0

46

National Gallery

..

..

..

..

11,700

11,700

11,365

5

11

11,365

5

11

334

14

1

47

Lands

..

..

..

..

..

2,118,275

162,605

1,955,670

2,084,941

7

4

169,464

11

10

1,915,476

15

6

40,193

4

6

48

Forestry

..

..

..

..

..

1,725,550

165,250

1,560,300

1,691,229

11

1

220,911

14

4

1,470,317

16

9

89,982

3

3

49

Gaeltacht Services

..

..

..

647,330

314,430

332,900

636,452

17

6

310,262

10

7

326,190

6

11

6,709

13

1

50

Industry and Commerce

..

..

..

8,119,380

61,800

8,057,580

8,021,840

16

3

15,949

14

9

8,005,891

1

6

51,688

18

6

51

Transport and Marine Services

..

..

1,901,980

29,950

1,872,030

1,828,457

19

0

40,709

7

9

1,787,748

11

3

84,281

8

9

52

Aviation and Meteorological Services

703,000

380,000

323,000

669,095

15

4

529,929

11

10

139,166

3

6

183,833

16

6

53

Industrial and Commercial Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration Office

..

..

..

23,440

23,440

23,249

6

10

23,249

6

10

190

13

2

54

Posts and Telegraphs

..

..

..

8,286,876

494,876

7,792,000

8,128,568

9

2

514,216

12

3

7,614,351

16

11

177,648

3

1

55

Wireless Broadcasting

..

..

..

519,420

101,300

418,120

469,494

11

5

99,522

14

9

369,971

16

8

48,148

3

4

56

Defence

..

..

..

..

..

7,319,600

205,370

7,114,230

6,763,187

16

5

227,267

7

6

6,535,920

8

11

578,309

11

1

57

Army Pensions

..

..

..

..

1,609,000

1,609,000

1,519,360

0

2

1,519,360

0

2

89,639

19

10

58

External Affairs

..

..

..

..

397,400

6,400

391,000

385,208

18

1

5,015

15

11

380,193

2

2

10,806

17

10

59

International Co-operation

..

..

36,600

36,600

32,495

8

11

32,495

8

11

4,104

11

1

60

Office of the Minister for Social

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welfare

..

..

..

..

..

1,299,133

789,133

510,000

1,259,128

3

5

785,470

17

11

473,657

5

6

36,342

14

6

61

Social Insurance

..

..

..

..

2,764,000

2,764,000

2,483,000

0

0

2,483,000

0

0

281,000

0

0

62

Social Assistance

...

..

..

..

18,717,000

291,500

18,425,500

18,564,175

8

11

299,016

19

6

18,265,15

9

5

160,341

10

7

63

Health

..

..

..

..

..

9,402,440

338,280

9,064,160

8,045,955

7

9

346,762

2

1

7,699,193

5

8

1,364,966

14

4

64

Dundrum Asylum

..

..

..

..

44,160

2,070

42,090

43,145

8

8

1,894

16

1

41,250

12

7

839

7

5

65

Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na g Ceantar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gCúng

..

..

..

..

..

4,360

4,360

4,106

3

1

4,106

3

1

253

16

11

66

Tourism

..

..

..

..

..

400,000

400,000

400,000

0

0

400,000

0

0

67

Repayments to Contingency Fund

..

737

737

736

2

0

736

2

0

18

0

68

Remuneration

...

...

...

...

1,054,000

1,054,000

982,489

6

4

982,489

6

4

71,510

13

8

69

National Development Fund

...

...

3,000,000

3,000,000

3,000,000

0

0

3,000,000

0

0

 

Total

..

..£

116,678,934

5,686,383

110,992,551

112,147,864

7

8

6,008,990

16

9

106,138,873

10

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surplus to be Surrendered   £

4,853,677

9

1