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APPENDIX XX.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: INCREASES IN SALARIES, WAGES AND ALLOWANCES.

An Cléireach,

An Coiste um Chúntais Phoiblí.

At the meeting of the Committee on the 23rd February, 1967, I undertook to furnish information showing a breakdown of increases on Salaries, Wages and Allowances—Subhead A.

The position is as follows:—

	Voted Provision	Total Expenditure	Expenditure from I. & C. Vote	Expenditure from Vote for Remuneration	Saving (—) or Excess (+)
	£	£	£	£	£
1963/64	476,000	473,180	469,680	3,500	—6,320
1964/65	490,000	635,373	495,373	140,000	+5,373
1965/66	680,000	693,805	693,805	—	+13,805
	(Includes Supplementary Estimate of £70,000).

The Estimate of £3,500 taken under the Vote for Remuneration (No. 51) in 1963/64 was the actual cost of the increases in remuneration of Civil Servants as revised from the 1st February, 1964. The total cost of increases in remuneration in 1964/65 was £154,000 made up of anticipated savings on the Vote of this Department of £14,000 and of £140,000 under the Vote for Remuneration (No. 51). The actual increase in 1964/65 as compared with 1963/64 was £162,193 and the difference of £8,193 was less than the original increase of £14,000 estimated. This £14,000 was mainly due to (a) increases in staff—£10,000 and (b) progression on incremental scales—£8,600 offset by replacement of senior officers by juniors.

The original estimate of £610,000 for 1965/66 prepared in 1964 made a provision of £86,000 for the 12 per cent. increase and for revision of pay in the case of General Service Grades up to the grade of Executive Officers. A supplementary estimate for £70,000 was required to meet increases granted in March, 1965, and subsequently (too late for inclusion in the 1965/66 estimates) in respect of General Service Grades from the grade of H.E.O. upwards, Departmental grades and officers on personal salaries, etc. The actual increase in expenditure of £58,400 in 1965/66 as compared with that in 1964/65 was made up as follows:—

									£
Companies’ Registration Office transferred to Department of
Industry and Commerce			..	..	..	..	..	..	13,500
Increments	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14,000
Increase in number of staff (12)				..	..	..	..	..	12,500
Provision for additional assistance				..	..	..	..	..	13,500
Increases in Allowances, etc.			..	..	..	..	..	..	5,000
									£58,500

(Signed) J. C. B. MacCARTHY,

Accounting Officer,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

16 Bealtaine, 1967.