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APPENDIX I.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1954-55:

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

Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the Year 1954-55, 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)
			£	£	£	£
Central Fund Services			17,844,304	17,844,304	—	—
Supply Services		...	105,436,910	104,975,706	461,204	—
Total	...	...	123,281,214	122,820,010	461,204	—

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1954-55 amounting to £8,824,128 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 1954-55	..	..	..	7,787,167
„ „ „ „ „ „ 1955-56	..	..	..	1,028,241
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General		..	..	8,720
				£8,824,128

An Roinn Airgeadais,

Samhain, 1957.

									Estimated Expenditure	Actual Expenditure	Less than Estimated	More than Estimated
									£	£	£	£
Central Fund:—
Service of Public Debt			...	...	...	...	...	...	11,549,000	11,657,702	—	108,702
Road Fund	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	4,450,000	4,766,000	—	316,000
Payments to Local Taxation Account					...	...	...	...	1,156,186	1,155,104	1,082	—
Other Central Fund Services			...	...	...	...	...	...	279,814	265,498	14,316	—
Total of Central Fund Services						...	...	...	17,435,000	17,844,304	15,398	424,702

1954—55.

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 1954-55			Expenditure, 1954-55									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				..	..	7,420	—	7,420	7,377	8	5	—			7,377	8	5	42	11	7	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				..	..	227,400	—	227,400	209,265	12	7	—			209,265	12	7	18,134	7	5	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach				..	..	27,390	—	27,390	25,050	1	6	—			25,050	1	6	2,339	18	6	—
4	Central Statistics Office			..	..	..	102,430	150	102,280	101,817	9	1	558	12	3	101,258	16	10	1,021	3	2	—
5	Comptroller and Auditor General					..	40,350	6,200	34,150	37,389	18	1	6,113	10	0	31,276	8	1	2,873	11	11	—
6	Office of the Minister for Finance					..	175,800	1,260	174,540	154,100	6	4	1,007	5	0	153,093	1	4	21,446	18	8	—
7	Office of the Revenue Commissioners						1,917,270	69,500	1,847,770	1,863,357	19	5	76,802	8	10	1,786,555	10	7	61,214	9	5	—
8	Office of Public Works			..	..	..	466,400	95,400	371,000	410,508	11	7	91,663	7	10	318,845	3	9	52,154	16	3	—
9	Public Works and Buildings				..	..	4,772,067	125,067	4,647,000	3,718,624	11	0	148,449	16	6	3,570,174	14	6	1,076,825	5	6	—
10	Employment and Emergency Schemes					..	721,400	25,500	695,900	702,883	6	0	33,576	16	7	669,306	9	5	26,593	10	7	—
11	Management of Government Stocks					..	36,250	—	36,250	36,233	11	4	—			36,233	11	4	16	8	8	—
12	State Laboratory		..	..	..	..	20,250	—	20,250	19,798	14	8	—			19,798	14	8	451	5	4
13	Civil Service Commission			..	..	..	54,070	16,570	37,500	48,416	15	0	16,157	6	5	32,259	8	7	5,240	11	5	—
14	An Chomhairle Ealaíon			..	..	..	20,000	—	20,000	19,150	0	0	—			19,150	0	0	850	0	0	—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					..	12,950	—	12,950	7,959	2	9	—			7,959	2	9	4,990	17	3	—
16	Superanuation and Retired Allowances						977,705	114,675	863,030	948,422	9	11	114,849	5	2	833,573	4	9	29,456	15	3	—
17	Rates on Government Property					..	343,000	10,000	333,000	320,783	18	8	8,956	7	6	311,827	11	2	21,172	8	10	—
18	Secret Service		..	..	..	..	7,500	—	7,500	5,101	7	1	—			5,101	7	1	2,398	12	11	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and
	the Juries Act		..	..	..	..	19,000	—	19,000	18,672	7	10	—			18,672	7	10	327	12	2	—
20	Supplementary Agricultural Grants					..	4,730,989	—	4,730,989	4,579,442	17	10	—			4,579,442	17	10	151,546	2	2	—
21	Law Charges		..	..	..	..	120,760	4,000	116,760	117,571	1	3	5,832	16	10	111,738	4	5	5,021	15	7	—
22	Universities and Colleges				..	..	568,774	—	568,774	567,492	3	5	—			567,492	3	5	1,281	16	7	—
23	Miscellaneous Expenses			..	..	..	27,000	—	27,000	26,007	18	11	—			26,007	18	11	992	1	1	—
24	Stationery Office		...	...	..	..	615,166	105,406	509,760	527,029	19	3	100,066	3	3	426,963	16	0	82,796	4	0	—
25	Valuation and Boundary Survey					..	75,435	7,655	67,780	71,958	9	2	8,346	0	7	63,612	8	7	4,167	11	5	—
26	Ordnance Survey		..	..	..	..	69,895	7,505	62,390	63,564	7	5	7,072	7	1	56,492	0	4	5,897	1	8	—
27	Agriculture		..	..	..	..	7,681,835	430,885	7,250,950	7,377,464	10	7	418,875	18	1	6,958,588	12	6	292,361	7	6	—
28	Fisheries	..	..	..	..	..	145,320	37,720	107,600	114,884	7	0	35,453	9	9	79,430	17	3	28,169	2	9	—
29	Office of the Minister for Justice					..	85,280	—	85,280	83,875	1	7	—			83,875	1	7	1,404	18	2	—
30	Gárda Síochána		..	..	..	..	4,548,225	97,975	4,450,250	4,495,777	10	9	93,295	13	0	4,402,481	17	9	47,768	2	3	—
31	Prisons		..	..	..	..	221,493	25,963	195,530	211,701	18	8	27,321	13	2	184,380	5	6	11,149	14	6	—
32	District Court			..	..	..	93,540	—	93,540	80,725	18	5	—			80,725	18	5	12,814	1	7	—
33	Circuit Court		..	..	..	..	153,275	30,025	123,250	147,537	0	9	30,070	5	10	117,466	14	11	5,783	5	1	—
34	Supreme Court and High Court of
	Justice	...	...	...	...	...	95,470	910	94,560	93,239	18	3	691	19	7	92,547	18	8	2,012	1	4	—
35	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds						96,330	—	96,330	91,622	10	11	—			91,622	10	11	4,707	9	1	—
36	Public Record Office			..	..	..	9,330	—	9,330	9,274	19	0	—			9,274	19	0	55	1	0	—
37	Charitable Donations and Bequests					..	5,068	38	5,030	4,999	9	9	37	2	6	4,962	7	3	67	12	9	—
38	Local Government		..	..	..	..	4,976,525	50,915	4,925,610	4,659,026	16	10	53,166	3	11	4,605,860	12	11	319,749	7	1	—
39	Office of the Minister for Education						359,172	82	359,090	333,552	11	0	175	14	7	333,376	16	5	25,713	3	7	—
40	Primary Education		..	..	..	..	8,369,630	107,140	8,262,490	8,264,060	14	4	110,046	17	2	8,154,013	17	2	108,476	2	10	—
41	Secondary Education			..	..	..	1,734,640	44,770	1,689,870	1,724,891	8	1	46,704	17	0	1,678,186	11	1	11,683	8	11	—
42	Technical Instruction			..	..	..	1,052,940	36,710	1,016,230	1,049,559	9	5	36,813	1	5	1,012,746	8	0	3,483	12	0	—
43	Science and Art		..	..	..	..	198,420	8,450	189,970	190,155	0	10	11,100	12	13	179,054	8	9	10,915	11	3	—
44	Reformatory and Industrial Schools						229,290	7,350	221,940	215,616	6	7	6,915	10	10	208,700	15	9	13,239	4	3	—
45	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies						79,880	—	79,880	66,200	0	0	—			66,200	0	0	13,680	0	0	—
46	National Gallery		..	..	..	..	10,700	—	10,700	10,530	19	1	—			10,530	19	1	169	0	11	—
47	Lands	..	..	..	..	..	2,116,810	160,110	1,956,700	2,026,892	19	0	144,954	8	6	1,881,938	10	6	74,761	9	6	—
48	Forestry	..	..	..	..	..	1,448,560	175,700	1,272,860	1,426,060	6	4	176,711	8	8	1,249,348	17	8	23,511	2	4	—
49	Gaeltacht Services			..	..	..	565,850	262,950	302,900	546,206	19	1	262,950	0	0	283,256	19	1	19,643	0	11	—
50	Industry and Commerce			..	..	..	9,284,338	44,098	9,240,240	9,164,788	3	1	51,038	0	4	9,113,750	2	9	126,489	17	3	—
51	Transport and Marine Services				..	..	1,955,835	43,725	1,912,110	1,469,637	12	3	44,410	18	8	1,425,226	13	7	486,883	6	5	—
52	Aviation and Meteorological Services						739,130	324,600	414,530	639,426	14	1	374,704	0	5	264,722	13	8	149,807	6	4	—
53	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office			..	..	..	23,950	—	23,950	23,294	8	11	—			23,294	8	11	655	11	1	—
54	Posts and Telegraphs			..	..	..	8,039,348	471,348	7,568,000	7,895,036	10	9	507,434	19	7	7,387,601	1	2	180,398	8	10	—
55	Wireless Broadcasting			..	..	..	486,700	99,300	387,400	453,462	18	0	99,826	0	7	353,636	17	5	33,763	2	7	—
56	Defence	..	..	..	..	..	8,443,782	176,472	8,267,310	6,750,773	1	2	186,145	18	3	6,564,627	2	11	1,702,682	17	1	—
57	Army Pensions		..	..	..	..	1,474,400	—	1,474,400	1,448,405	14	8	—			1,448,405	14	8	25,994	5	4	—
58	External Affairs		..	..	..	..	409,100	6,100	403,000	399,331	18	3	6,352	15	9	392,979	2	6	10,020	17	6	—
59	International Co-operation				..	..	37,600	—	37,600	34,572	0	11	—			34,572	0	11	3,027	19	1	—
60	Office of the Minister for Social
	Welfare	..	..	..	..	..	1,298,809	775,759	523,050	1,254,693	17	7	758,095	12	6	496,598	5	1	26,451	14	11	—
61	Social Insurance		..	..	..	..	2,798,000	—	2,798,000	2,136,000	0	0	—			2,136,000	0	0	662,000	0	0	—
62	Social Assistance		..	..	..	..	18,068,500	273,100	17,795,400	17,565,197	5	6	290,983	12	10	17,274,213	12	8	521,186	7	4	—
63	Health	..	..	..	..	..	10,493,440	335,740	10,157,700	8,345,881	8	11	335,495	14	8	8,010,385	14	3	2,147,314	5	9	—
64	Dundrum Asylum		..	..	..	..	42,870	1,610	41,260	42,749	4	7	2,204	13	10	40,544	10	9	715	9	3	—
65	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar
	gCúng	..	..	..	..	..	7,620	—	7,620	4,976	12	5				4,976	12	5	2,643	7	7	—
66	Tourism	..	..	..	..	..	478,000	—	478,000	363,200	0	0	—			363,200	0	0	114,800	0	0	—
67	Repayment of Trade Loans Advances					...	6,720	—	6,720	6,719	18	9	—			6,719	18	9		1	3	—
68	Remuneration		...	...	...	...	890,000	—	890,000	871,280	1	8	—			871,280	1	8	18,719	18	4	—
69	Repayments to Contingency Fund					...	5,871	—	5,871	5,870	12	8	—			5,870	12	8		7	4	—
70	National Development Fund				...	...	3,000,000	—	3,000,000	3,000,000	0	0	—			3,000,000	0	0	—			—
	Total				..	..£	118,418,267	4,618,433	113,799,834	109,707,135	8	11	4,731,429	7	4	104,975,706	1	7				—
	Total Amount to be Surrendered																£		8,824,127	18	5