APPENDIX I.
COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1956-57.
(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and review by the Committee of Public Accounts.)
Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the year 1956-57 with Exchequer
Issues of that year.
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Audited Expenditure (Net) |
|
Exchequer |
Audited |
|
|
|
Issues |
Expenditure |
Less than |
More than |
|
|
(Net) |
Exchequer |
Exchequer |
|
|
|
Issues |
Issues |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
Central Fund Services |
26,638,603 |
26,638,603 |
— |
— |
Supply Services |
.. |
108,940,876 |
109,456,420 |
— |
515,544 |
Total |
.. |
135,579,479 |
136,095,023 |
— |
515,544 |
The Savings on Votes and Appropriations in Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1956-57 amounting to £3,26,969 as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:—
Written off from the Exchequer Grants Accounts:—
|
£ |
Out of Ways and Means of 1956-57 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2,796,876 |
Out of Ways and Means of 1957-58 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
485,041 |
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General |
.. |
.. |
45,052 |
|
£3,326,969 |
An Roinn Airgeadais,
Nollaig, 1958.
1956-57.
GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.
(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and review by the Committee of Public Accounts).
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Grants and Estimated |
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Difference Between |
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Receipts |
Expenditure, 1956-57 |
Exchequer Grants (Col. 3) |
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1956-57 |
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And |
No. |
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Net Expenditure (Col. 6). |
of |
SERVICE |
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|
Vote |
|
Estimated |
Estimated |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Expenditure |
Appropriations |
Net |
Actual |
Appropriations |
Net |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supply |
Expenditure |
in aid |
Expenditure |
Surplus |
Deficit |
|
|
(Gross) |
in Aid |
Grant |
(Gross) |
Realised |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
1 |
President’s Establishment |
.. |
.. |
8,320 |
— |
8,320 |
8,299 |
11 |
4 |
— |
8,299 |
11 |
4 |
20 |
8 |
8 |
— |
2 |
Houses of the Oireachtas |
.. |
.. |
232,420 |
— |
232,420 |
218,622 |
10 |
0 |
— |
218,622 |
10 |
0 |
13,797 |
10 |
0 |
— |
3 |
Department of the Taoiseach |
.. |
.. |
29,520 |
— |
29,520 |
28,276 |
5 |
9 |
— |
28,276 |
5 |
9 |
1,243 |
14 |
3 |
— |
4 |
Central Statistics Office |
.. |
.. |
.. |
174,230 |
200 |
174,030 |
147,171 |
1 |
0 |
847 |
6 |
9 |
146,323 |
14 |
3 |
27,706 |
5 |
9 |
— |
5 |
Comptroller and Auditor General |
.. |
43,170 |
6,140 |
37,030 |
39,162 |
6 |
6 |
6,248 |
10 |
0 |
32,913 |
16 |
6 |
4,116 |
3 |
6 |
— |
6 |
Office of the Minister for Finance |
.. |
175,740 |
1,260 |
174,480 |
162,699 |
10 |
9 |
1,252 |
18 |
0 |
161,446 |
12 |
9 |
13,033 |
7 |
3 |
— |
7 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
2,114,500 |
82,500 |
2,032,000 |
2,016,262 |
5 |
8 |
80,821 |
2 |
10 |
1,935,441 |
2 |
10 |
96,558 |
17 |
2 |
— |
8 |
Office of Public Works |
.. |
.. |
.. |
542,100 |
104,600 |
437,500 |
507,067 |
1 |
8 |
125,493 |
14 |
11 |
381,573 |
6 |
9 |
55,926 |
13 |
3 |
— |
9 |
Public Works and Buildings |
.. |
.. |
3,757,067 |
191,567 |
3,565,500 |
3,697,108 |
19 |
1 |
199,119 |
17 |
2 |
3,497,989 |
1 |
11 |
67,510 |
18 |
1 |
— |
10 |
Employment and Emergency Schemes |
.. |
731,200 |
25,500 |
705,700 |
685,575 |
13 |
10 |
30,372 |
12 |
8 |
655,203 |
1 |
2 |
50,496 |
18 |
10 |
— |
11 |
Management of Government Stocks |
.. |
47,670 |
— |
47,670 |
47,657 |
11 |
1 |
— |
47,657 |
11 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
11 |
— |
12 |
State Laboratory |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
26,790 |
— |
26,790 |
24,603 |
4 |
9 |
— |
24,603 |
4 |
9 |
2,186 |
15 |
3 |
|
|
|
13 |
Civil Service Commission |
.. |
.. |
.. |
57,720 |
16,090 |
41,630 |
55,872 |
9 |
9 |
17,061 |
2 |
3 |
38,811 |
7 |
6 |
2,818 |
12 |
6 |
— |
14 |
An Chomhairle Ealaíon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
20,000 |
— |
20,000 |
17,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
17,000 |
0 |
0 |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
15 |
Commissions and Special Inquiries |
.. |
11,750 |
— |
11,750 |
9,512 |
4 |
8 |
— |
9,512 |
4 |
8 |
2,237 |
15 |
4 |
— |
16 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
1,074,690 |
119,740 |
954,950 |
1,022,720 |
7 |
2 |
116,503 |
0 |
4 |
906,217 |
6 |
10 |
48,732 |
13 |
2 |
— |
17 |
Rates on Government Property |
.. |
373,700 |
11,000 |
362,700 |
372,788 |
13 |
2 |
10,583 |
17 |
5 |
362,204 |
15 |
9 |
495 |
4 |
3 |
— |
18 |
Secret Service |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7,500 |
— |
7,500 |
1,504 |
13 |
1 |
— |
1,504 |
13 |
1 |
5,995 |
6 |
11 |
— |
19 |
Expenses under the Electoral Act and |
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|
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|
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|
the Juries Act |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
19,000 |
— |
19,000 |
18,663 |
2 |
5 |
— |
18,663 |
2 |
5 |
336 |
17 |
7 |
— |
20 |
Supplementary Agricultural Grants |
.. |
5,000,000 |
— |
5,000,000 |
4,928,809 |
2 |
8 |
— |
4,928,809 |
2 |
8 |
71,190 |
17 |
4 |
— |
21 |
Law Charges |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
127,120 |
4,000 |
123,120 |
121,184 |
7 |
8 |
5,840 |
5 |
8 |
115,344 |
2 |
0 |
7,775 |
18 |
0 |
— |
22 |
Universities and Colleges |
.. |
.. |
687,480 |
— |
687,480 |
678,547 |
16 |
3 |
— |
678,547 |
16 |
3 |
8,932 |
3 |
9 |
— |
23 |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
.. |
.. |
.. |
28,940 |
— |
28,940 |
26,100 |
9 |
10 |
— |
26,100 |
9 |
10 |
2,839 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
|
24 |
Stationery Office |
... |
... |
.. |
.. |
599,815 |
97,105 |
502,710 |
555,048 |
3 |
11 |
105,538 |
0 |
9 |
449,510 |
3 |
2 |
53,199 |
16 |
10 |
— |
25 |
Valuation and Boundary Survey |
.. |
84,760 |
8,900 |
75,860 |
84,058 |
9 |
8 |
9,081 |
9 |
3 |
74,977 |
0 |
5 |
882 |
19 |
7 |
— |
26 |
Ordnance Survey |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75,010 |
7,010 |
68,000 |
73,437 |
8 |
4 |
7,780 |
15 |
3 |
65,656 |
13 |
1 |
2,343 |
6 |
11 |
— |
27 |
Agriculture |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9,607,095 |
1,548,395 |
8,058,700 |
9,508,598 |
18 |
10 |
1,512,153 |
10 |
0 |
7,996,445 |
8 |
10 |
62,254 |
11 |
2 |
— |
28 |
Fisheries |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
187,070 |
28,650 |
158,420 |
161,679 |
1 |
4 |
33,858 |
19 |
0 |
127,820 |
2 |
4 |
30,599 |
17 |
8 |
— |
29 |
Office of the Minister for Justice |
.. |
95,530 |
— |
95,530 |
92,072 |
15 |
1 |
— |
92,072 |
15 |
1 |
3,457 |
4 |
11 |
— |
30 |
Garda Síochána |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4,846,111 |
105,171 |
4,740,940 |
4,766,096 |
10 |
2 |
114,408 |
6 |
0 |
4,651,688 |
4 |
2 |
89,251 |
15 |
10 |
— |
31 |
Prisons |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
215,660 |
29,920 |
185,740 |
209,470 |
12 |
2 |
28,351 |
12 |
4 |
181,118 |
19 |
10 |
4,621 |
0 |
2 |
— |
32 |
District Court |
.. |
.. |
.. |
91,940 |
— |
91,940 |
86,546 |
4 |
8 |
— |
86,546 |
4 |
8 |
5,393 |
15 |
4 |
— |
33 |
Circuit Court |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
160,665 |
29,975 |
130,690 |
157,254 |
18 |
7 |
31,908 |
1 |
11 |
125,346 |
16 |
8 |
5,343 |
3 |
4 |
— |
34 |
Supreme Court and High Court of |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Justice |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
102,930 |
1,100 |
101,830 |
100,206 |
17 |
11 |
1,237 |
5 |
7 |
98,969 |
12 |
4 |
2,860 |
7 |
8 |
— |
35 |
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
107,070 |
— |
107,070 |
103,893 |
11 |
3 |
— |
103,893 |
11 |
3 |
3,176 |
8 |
9 |
— |
36 |
Public Record Office |
.. |
.. |
.. |
10,230 |
— |
10,230 |
8,814 |
0 |
4 |
— |
8,814 |
0 |
4 |
1,415 |
19 |
8 |
— |
37 |
Charitable Donations and Bequests |
.. |
5,718 |
38 |
5,680 |
5,686 |
6 |
5 |
37 |
2 |
6 |
5,649 |
3 |
11 |
30 |
16 |
1 |
— |
38 |
Local Government |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4,818,310 |
56,340 |
4,761,970 |
4,804,607 |
19 |
10 |
61,048 |
6 |
3 |
4,743,559 |
13 |
7 |
18,410 |
6 |
5 |
— |
39 |
Office of the Minister for Education |
380,625 |
85 |
380,540 |
367,831 |
15 |
5 |
73 |
12 |
4 |
367,758 |
3 |
1 |
12,781 |
16 |
11 |
— |
40 |
Primary Education |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9,228,660 |
115,060 |
9,113,600 |
9,176,118 |
10 |
9 |
121,206 |
19 |
11 |
9,054,911 |
10 |
10 |
58,688 |
9 |
2 |
— |
41 |
Secondary Education |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1,873,115 |
53,005 |
1,820,110 |
1,869,280 |
9 |
11 |
57,773 |
14 |
1 |
1,811,506 |
15 |
10 |
8,603 |
4 |
2 |
— |
42 |
Technical Instruction |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1,216,686 |
37,176 |
1,179,510 |
1,143,739 |
18 |
7 |
39,117 |
8 |
6 |
1,104,622 |
10 |
1 |
74,887 |
9 |
11 |
— |
43 |
Science and Art |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
190,851 |
10,691 |
180,160 |
183,008 |
7 |
10 |
9,785 |
7 |
0 |
173,223 |
0 |
10 |
6,936 |
19 |
2 |
— |
44 |
Reformatory and Industrial Schools |
201,095 |
5,055 |
196,040 |
193,120 |
7 |
0 |
5,172 |
3 |
11 |
187,948 |
3 |
1 |
8,091 |
16 |
11 |
— |
45 |
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
63,000 |
— |
63,000 |
63,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
63,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
— |
46 |
National Gallery |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
11,320 |
— |
11,320 |
9,499 |
16 |
5 |
— |
9,499 |
16 |
5 |
1,820 |
3 |
7 |
|
47 |
Lands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2,211,381 |
170,481 |
2,040,900 |
2,107,132 |
4 |
8 |
177,847 |
4 |
10 |
1,929,284 |
19 |
10 |
111,615 |
0 |
2 |
— |
48 |
Forestry |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2,066,004 |
243,204 |
1,822,800 |
1,928,261 |
4 |
11 |
280,277 |
0 |
8 |
1,647,984 |
4 |
3 |
174,815 |
15 |
9 |
— |
49 |
Gaeltacht Services |
.. |
.. |
.. |
733,410 |
350,250 |
383,160 |
605,091 |
15 |
7 |
320,534 |
1 |
4 |
284,557 |
14 |
3 |
98,602 |
5 |
9 |
— |
50 |
Industry and Commerce |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7,618,347 |
93,177 |
7,525,170 |
7,360,566 |
13 |
8 |
14,115 |
0 |
6 |
7,346,451 |
13 |
2 |
178,718 |
6 |
10 |
— |
51 |
Transport and Marine Services |
.. |
.. |
3,089,945 |
53,315 |
3,036,630 |
3,022,546 |
12 |
3 |
58,837 |
15 |
7 |
2,963,708 |
16 |
8 |
72,921 |
3 |
4 |
— |
52 |
Aviation and Meteorological Services |
907,584 |
487,204 |
420,380 |
785,029 |
10 |
1 |
553,923 |
16 |
7 |
231,105 |
13 |
6 |
189,274 |
6 |
6 |
— |
53 |
Industrial and Commercial Property |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registration Office |
.. |
.. |
.. |
26,860 |
— |
26,860 |
26,564 |
19 |
3 |
— |
26,564 |
19 |
3 |
295 |
6 |
9 |
— |
54 |
Posts and Telegraphs |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9,108,150 |
523,150 |
8,585,000 |
9,029,623 |
1 |
9 |
576,801 |
0 |
6 |
8,452,822 |
1 |
3 |
132,177 |
18 |
9 |
— |
55 |
Wireless Broadcasting |
.. |
.. |
.. |
523,900 |
93,400 |
430,500 |
467,541 |
6 |
6 |
93,964 |
3 |
2 |
373,577 |
3 |
4 |
56,922 |
16 |
8 |
— |
56 |
Defence |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7,263,450 |
230,000 |
7,033,450 |
6,756,980 |
13 |
5 |
221,079 |
2 |
6 |
6,535,901 |
10 |
11 |
497,548 |
9 |
1 |
— |
57 |
Army Pensions |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1,630,360 |
— |
1,630,360 |
1,542,602 |
13 |
6 |
— |
1,542,602 |
13 |
6 |
87,757 |
6 |
6 |
— |
58 |
External Affairs |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
462,350 |
5,100 |
457,250 |
446,897 |
13 |
3 |
4,678 |
0 |
6 |
442,219 |
12 |
9 |
15,030 |
7 |
3 |
— |
59 |
International Co-operation |
.. |
.. |
102,410 |
— |
102,410 |
95,302 |
14 |
4 |
— |
95,302 |
14 |
4 |
7,107 |
5 |
8 |
— |
60 |
Office of the Minister for Social |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Welfare |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1,394,350 |
843,150 |
551,200 |
1,365,829 |
1 |
6 |
827,608 |
4 |
9 |
538,220 |
16 |
9 |
12,979 |
3 |
3 |
— |
61 |
Social Insurance |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3,727,000 |
— |
3,727,000 |
3,726,921 |
17 |
3 |
— |
3,726,921 |
17 |
3 |
78 |
2 |
3 |
— |
62 |
Social Assistance |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18,822,000 |
299,000 |
18,523,000 |
18,687,291 |
10 |
3 |
302,784 |
5 |
7 |
18,384,507 |
4 |
8 |
138,492 |
15 |
4 |
— |
63 |
Health |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9,473,300 |
335,350 |
9,137,950 |
8,940,971 |
9 |
3 |
961,495 |
6 |
2 |
8,579,476 |
3 |
1 |
558,473 |
16 |
11 |
— |
64 |
Dundrum Asylum |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
48,030 |
1,580 |
46,450 |
45,517 |
1 |
1 |
1,887 |
8 |
6 |
43,629 |
12 |
7 |
2,820 |
7 |
5 |
— |
65 |
Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gCúng |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4,730 |
— |
4,730 |
3,097 |
7 |
1 |
— |
3,097 |
7 |
1 |
1,632 |
12 |
11 |
— |
66 |
Tourism |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
400,000 |
— |
400,000 |
384,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
384,000 |
0 |
0 |
16,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
67 |
Increases in Pensions |
.. |
.. |
.. |
120,000 |
— |
120,000 |
91,882 |
17 |
1 |
— |
91,882 |
17 |
1 |
28,117 |
2 |
11 |
— |
68 |
Roinn na Gaeltachta |
.. |
.. |
.. |
10,000 |
— |
10,000 |
6,428 |
4 |
7 |
— |
6,428 |
4 |
7 |
3,571 |
15 |
5 |
— |
69 |
Repayments to Contingency Fund |
.. |
569 |
— |
569 |
568 |
15 |
0 |
— |
568 |
15 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
— |
|
Total |
.. |
.. £ |
119,208,023 |
6,424,634 |
112,783,389 |
115,984,929 |
18 |
9 |
6,528,509 |
13 |
9 |
109,456,420 |
5 |
0 |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Amount to be Surrendered |
|
£ |
3,326,968 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Estimated |
Actual |
Less than |
More than |
|
Expenditure |
Expenditure |
Estimated |
Estimated |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
Central Fund:— |
|
|
|
|
Service of Public |
|
|
|
|
Debt |
.. |
.. |
15,973,000 |
15,903,382 |
69,618 |
— |
Road Fund |
.. |
5,750,000 |
4,762,000 |
988,000 |
— |
Payments to Local Taxation |
|
|
|
|
Account |
.. |
1,175,486 |
1,190,912 |
— |
15,426 |
Payments to |
|
|
|
|
Capital Fund |
.. |
3,000,000 |
4,275,000 |
— |
1,275,000 |
Other Central Fund Services |
201,514 |
507,309 |
— |
305,795 |
Total of Central Fund Services |
26,100,000 |
26,638,603 |
1,057,618 |
1,596,221 |
|