Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1967 - 1968::23 July, 1969::Index

INDEX

Paragraph references are to paragraphs in the Final Report: references without qualification are to questions in the Minutes of Evidence.


Agricultural Grants


Rates relief payments 99, 101, 102


Valuation, purpose of 100


Agriculture


Agricultural Credit Corporation 997, 998, 1,002


American Grant Counterpart Fund 1,004


Bacon factories


closure of firm 947, 948, 956-960


par 23


grants 947-955, Par 23


Beef Export Guarantee Scheme 967-969


Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication


expenditure 935, 936


Southern counties, 937


veterinary fees and numbers employed 938-940, Appendix 36


Brucellosis Eradication Scheme


expenditure 941, 942


progress 943, 944


Calved Heifer Subsidy Scheme 945, 946


County Committees of Agriculture 993


Dairy Produce


Bord Bainne 981


Dairy Disposal Company 1,006, 1,007, Appendix 41


milk allowances and prices 981-984, Appendix 37


National Dairy Publicity Council 981


Dungarvan Cooperative Fruit Growers 1,002, 1,003


Foot and Mouth Disease expenditure 978-980


Foras Talúntais, Veterinary Research


coordination of activities with Department and Universities 912-920, Par 22


report 1,006, Appendix 40


Glasshouse Industry grants scheme


applications 975


duration 971


E.E.C. membership effect 976


expenditure 970


Gaeltacht areas 972, 974


produce 977


Grain storage loans 1,001


Irish Meat Association, contributions to 988, 989


Lamb Export Guarantee Scheme 967-969


Land Project


acreage complete 930, Appendix 35


applications 999


contractors, payments to 928, 929


expenditure 924, 925


fertiliser credit scheme 926, 927


Lime and fertiliser subsidies 931-934


Miscellaneous investigations 987, Appendix 38


Mutton Export Guarantee Scheme 967-969


Pigs and Bacon Commission


report 1,006, Appendix 39


special export payments 961-964, 1,000


Rye River drainage works, Par 9


Seed testing, etc. 985


Special Agricultural Schemes 994-996


Staff vacancies 992, Appendix 39


University Colleges, grants to 990, 991


Veterinary research 912-920, Par 22


Warble fly eradication 1,005


Wheat production 965, 966


World Food Programme


countries benefitting 986


grants 921, 922


payment 923


Appendices, List of,


Page 154


Appropriation Accounts


1967-68, special subheads, Appendix 3


Audited expenditure, Exchequer issues and general abstract of accounts 1966-67 Appendix, 1


Minute of Minister for Finance on 1966-67 Accounts, Appendix 2


Army Pensions


Army Pensions Board 364


Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, persons still benefitting 358


Special Allowances certification methods 359, 360, 365-367


officers engaged 361-363


U.N. Service, death and disability payments 368-370


Berry, Mr. P.


Courts 710-715


Garda Síochána 672-706


Justice, Office of the Minister 664-671


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds 716, 717


Prisons 707-709


Central Mental Hospital


Page 108 (no question)


Central Statistics Office


Clerical recruitment difficulties 8-20, Par 25


Chairman


Election of 1


Takes chair 1


Charitable Donations and Bequests


Staff numbers 448, 449


Chomhairle Ealaíon, An


Page 12 (no question)


Civil Service Commission


Career brochures 82-87


Posts and Telegraphs, receipts from 88, 89


Comptroller and Auditor General


Agriculture


bacon factories grants 948


beef export guarantee scheme 968


Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme 936


Brucellosis Eradication Scheme 942


Calved Heifer Subsidy Scheme 946


Dairy Disposal Company 1,007


dairy produce expenditure 982


foot and mouth disease 979


Foras Talúntais


coordination of research 913, 917, 918


report 1,007


glasshouse industry 971


Lamb Export Guarantee Scheme 968


Land Project 925


lime and fertiliser subsidies 932


Mutton Export Guarantee Scheme 968


Pigs and Bacon Commission


report 1,007


special export payments 962


universities, grants to 991


veterinary research 913, 917, 918


World Food Programme 922


Army Pensions


U.N. service 368


Central Statistics Office


clerical recruitment 19


Defence


compensation 303, 315, 318


equipment use and disposal 291, 303


land lettings and sales 309


provisions 294


Zambian cadets 320


Education Office of the Minister


books 733


post primary education 719, 721, 727, 731


post primary transport 738


External Affairs


John F. Kennedy Centre, chandelier 539, 540


1916 Cuimhneacháin 1966 542


Finance, Office of the Minister


Special Development Fund 22, 35


Garda Síochána


audit, provision of files 673-676, 678


embezzlement, 678


medical aid fund 676


General Report


balances on 1966-67 votes 3


capital fund advances 3, 6


central fund 3-5


Exchequer extra receipts 3


National Development Fund 3


outturn 3


stock and store accounts 3


Health


health authorities and services 857, 859


medicine costs 889


Industry and Commerce


Buy Irish Campaign 441


Córas Tráchtála 405


Foras Tionscal grants 409, 415, 416, 419-421, 429, 430


Industrial Credit Company investment 409, 415, 416


Verolme Dockyard subsidy 434, 435


International Cooperation Overseas Trainee Fund 587


Labour


Chomhairle Oiliúna, An 138


Redundancy Payments Fund 136


Lands


cooperative societies 833


Game and Wildlife Committee 814, 815


land annuities 816-821, 824-826, 828


land bonds 835, 840


land purchase and allotment schemes 803


Local Government


motor vehicle duties 625, 629


road fund improvement grants 659


road safety 660


Rural Improvement Schemes 637


Posts and Telegraphs


departments, repayment services


receipts 618


Post Office Savings Bank 601, 603


Telephones


reverse call charges 619


trade directory 594, 595, 597


Trustee Savings Banks 603


Primary Education


Church of Ireland Training College 768


St. Patrick’s Training College 766


Public Works and Buildings


arterial drainage works 231


Bourn Vincent Memorial Park


sheep 285, 287, 288


Four Courts stonework repairs


audit delays 199, 201, 204, 205, 208-211


delays 189


Land Commission computer installation 266, 268-271


National Building Agency houses 173, 177, 181-183


school grants expenditure 171


school maintenance expenditure 185


trucks, hireage and allocation 217, 220, 224, 227, 228


Rates on Government Property


U.S.A. embassy rates 401, 402


Revenue Commissioners


estate duties, delays 522


extra statutory repayments 516


income tax outstanding assessments 515


irrecoverable amounts 520


revenue account and yield 512, 514


staff vacancies, recruitment difficulties 534, 536, 537


wholesale tax checking procedures 527


Secondary Education


comprehensive schools 788


school building grants 784


Social Welfare


social assistance, recovery of overpayments 453


social insurance fund, State contribution 451


Superannuation and Retired Allowances


established officers, recognition of temporary service 91


Transport and Power


airport landing fees 510


Bórd Fáilte


accounting difficulties 487, 491-494


festivals joint finance 496


reports 498


CIE redundancy compensation 485


Cork Airport defects and maintenance 500


Shannon Free Airport Development Co. Ltd. 504


Vocational Education


regional technical colleges 793


Courts


Courthouses, provision and maintenance of buildings 711-713


Fines, receipts 714, 715


Salaries 710


Defence


Anti-aircraft equipment, disposal of 291-293


Civilians, number attached to units 323


Clerical vacancies, recruitment difficulties 336, 337, Par 27


Compensation, property and personal injury 315-318


Engineering equipment, use and disposal of 302-307


Equitation teams, horse-show expenses 330-332


Film work


amounts due 347


out-of-pocket expenses 343


pay rates 344, 345


personnel selection 346


FCA uniforms 324-326


Helicopters


cost of 357


hire receipts 355, 356, Appendix 16


Irish Red Cross Society grant 333-335


Losses


aircraft 348


buildings fire 349, 350


insurance cover, adequacy of 351-354


Military camps


land lettings and sales 308-312, 314


number of 313


Military education courses 327


Pilot training 328, 329


Provisions


cattle buying arrangements 296-301


cost trends 294, 295


United Nations, finance for overseas service 338-342


Zambian Cadets training 319-322


Education, Office of the Minister


Adult education courses 758


Books, free scheme


assessment of need 734, 735


cost 732


distribution 736


scope 733


Buntús Cainte and Buntús in Úsáid 755-757


Carlisle and Blake Fund 764


Commission on Higher Education 750


Educational research 751, 752


Language research 753


Muintir na Tíre 761


Overseas Club 760


Post Primary Education, Free scheme


cost comparisons between various schools 728, 729


introduction and scope of 718, 719


schools participating in 744-747


secondary schools 720-725, 747


secondary tops 726, 727


vocational schools 730, 731


Post Primary Transport, free scheme


charges, where made 743


primary pupils carried 742


scope of application 737-741


Rose Exhibition expenses 749


Royal Zoological Society of Ireland 759


Scientific research grants 754


Student Exchange scheme 762, 763


Training Colleges, degree course 748


External Affairs


Brussels Embassy, fire damage 566,567


Consular Services, fee stamps 563


Destitute Irish Persons Abroad, assistance to


increased expenditure 552


Irish Centre, London 551


methods used 555, 556


persons involved 549, 554, 555


societies in receipt of funds 550, 551, 553


Facts about Ireland, demand for 543


Information services


emigrants 558


films 559


methods 557


John F. Kennedy Centre, gift of chandelier 538-540


Official Entertainments, special receptions 560, 561


Passports 563, 564


President Johnson, gift 565


Prime Minister of Denmark, gift 565


Prime Minister of Italy, gift 565


Travelling expenses, increase in 548


Yeats Country film 562


1916 Cuimhneacháin, 1966


costs 541, 542


demand for 544, 545, 547


distribution 541, 542, 546


usefulness 545, 547


Finance Minute


Text, Appendix 2


Finance, Office of the Minister


Comhlacht Comhairleach na Gaeilge 55


County Development Teams 56-66


Economic and Social Research Institute 47-49


Government Stocks management 43, 44


Institute of Public Administration 45, 46


Public Services Organisation Review Grants 70, 71, 73-75


Savings Committee 51-54, Appendix 5


Special Regional Development Fund


Bord Fáilte 36-38


criteria for aid 41, 42, 72


firms benefiting 27


Galway textile factory 32, 34, 35


payments 33, 38


Portumna Packers Cooperative 30, Appendix 4


Potez Galway factory 21-26


publicity 40


purpose of 21, 24, 25, 31


Slievebawn Cooperative 27-29


start of 39


West, Special Aid to Projects in 68, 69


Fisheries


Rainbow Trout project 1,008-1,011


Salmon disease research 1,012-1,017


Forestry


Chipboard factories, sales to 854


Education, numbers of trainees 855


Fire losses 846-849


John F. Kennedy Memorial Park 856


Land acquisition 841, 842


Paper mills, sales to 853


Planting targets and achievements 843, 845


Sawmills, sales to 850-852


Fowler, Mr. K. M.


Comptroller and Auditor General, page 124, (no questions)


Deputises for Comptroller and Auditor General


Industry and Commerce 404-447


Social Welfare 450-484


See under Comptroller and Auditor General


Gaeltachta, Roinn na


Houses completed 371


Kilronan Pier 380


Minor Road Improvement Schemes


administration 372, 375


applications, 378, 379, Appendix 17


inspection and recommendation 376, 377


progress 373, 374


Secondary Schools


grant applications 381, 382


grants, size of 383-385


Mayo and Galway 386


Water and Sewerage Schemes 387-390


Gárda Síochána


Accident reports 700, 701


Audit, provision of files 672-678


Clothing and equipment 691


Embezzlement 677, 678


Insurance premiums collection 702


Medical Aid Fund, 675, 676


Mortality rates 697


Motor vehicles


accidents 703-705


insurance 706


numbers and mileage 685, 686, 693-695


Post Office services 690


Recruitment 679, 680


Road fines 696, 697, Appendix 25


Road Fund 696


Station services 692


Travelling and Incidental Expenses


demonstrations 683, 684


increase 681-683


separation allowances 687-689


Unclaimed articles, sale of 698, 699


Health


Asian flu 883, 884


Cork Polio General Aftercare Association 867


Diabetics 881, 882


Diphtheria immunisation 876-880


Disabling diseases, provision of treatment 882


Farms attached to hospitals 910


Fluoridation 869-872


Health Authorities


expenditure 885, Appendix 28


lay administration costs 911, Appendix 33


medicines, comparative costs 858, 859


minor receipts 911, Appendix 34


State contributions 857, 861-865, Appendix 26


Hospitals Trust Fund


grants from 867


Report 868, Appendix 27


Incapacitated, homes for 873


Information services 875


Medical Cards


criteria for giving 896


duration of 897


population covered by 893-895, 898, 899, Par 21, Appendices 2 and 30


Medicines, increasing costs of 889-892, Par 20, Appendices 28, 29


Patients


receipts from 900, Appendix 31


social welfare recipients, monies withheld 901-909, Appendix 32


Polio vaccine scheme 874


Statutory inquiries 860


Tuberculosis 886-888


Voluntary agencies 866, 867


Industry and Commerce


British Surcharge, exporters’ assistance 446


Buy Irish Campaign


industry, contributions from 438-440


National Development Association 437


progress 441


Castlecomer Collieries 442, 443


Córas Tráchtála


accounts audit 405


financial control over 406


grants to 404, 407


Export guarantee, insurance arrangements 444


Flour millers’ losses 447


Foras Tionscal


financial control of 424


grants from, when given 425-427


grants to 408, 445


Precision Alloys, Ballyfermot


age of firm 413-415


assets disposed without consent 409, 410, 421


data regarding 421


instalments paid to 428-432, Par 14


investment safeguards 412, 418, 422, 423, Par 14


Irish directors 411


numbers employed 420


State/Private investment proportion 415-417


turnover 419, 420, 424


Sligo Spinning Company 432


Industrial Credit Company Precision Alloys, Ballyfermot


investment losses and safeguards 409, 410, 412, 418, Par 14


Irish directors 411


State investment 415-417, Par 14


Irish National Productivity Committee Par 4


Verolme Dockyard Subsidies 433-436


International Co-operation


Overseas Trainee Fund


operation 584, 586, 587


Zambian students 585


United Nations, contributions to amount of 574, 575, 578


assessment of 579-583


countries not making 576, 577


Middle East Emergency Force 571-573


technical assistance programme 568-570


Justice, Office of the Minister


Commissions and Special Inquiries


expenditure 665


Landlord and Tenant 671


O’Mahony Tribunal 665, 670, 671


sitting at present 607


Free Legal Aid Scheme


administration 666


applications, numbers of 667, 668


legal panel 669


Travelling expenses 664


Labour


Career Information Service 148-150


Chomhairle Oiliúna, An


activities 137-142


expenditure 154, 155


Clerical recruitment difficulties 161-168, Par 26


Employment exchanges, overtime 157-160


Leaving Certificate holders, job opportunities 169, 170


Manpower surveys 143-147


National Industrial Safety Organisation 150-154


Rawsons, redundancy compensation 135


Redundancy Payments Fund 136


Social Insurance Fund, receipts from 156


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds


Staffing difficulties 716, 717


Lands


Church Temporalities Fund 829


Co-operative farming societies, interest on loans 833, 834


Game and Wildlife Committee 813-815


Land Annuities collection


costs 816, 817, 820, Par 19


increase of amounts 825, 826, Par 19


lump sum payments trend 817, 818, 827, Par 19


numbers bought out 822, 823


numbers involved 821, Par 19


numbers on 10/- rates 826


postage rates 824


time for repayment 819


tenants, advantages of 828


Land Bonds


fund contributions 829, 834, 835


interest and sinking fund 830-832


stock exchange position 839, 840


Land Purchase and Allotment


advances scheme 801, 803-808


Cash and bond payments method 836-838


details 810, 811


life annuities scheme 802, 803, 806-809, 811, 812


Local Loans Fund 829


Law Charges


Counsel


choice of 105


fees 104, 106


Witnesses’ expenses 103


Lawless, Mr. M. B.


Local Government 621-663


Local Government


Building Inspector vacancies 645, 646


Driving Tests


foreign licences, 650, 651, 653


licence conditions 652


testers 644, 647-649


Employment Schemes


minor 633, 634


rural improvement 635-637


local contributions 654, 655, Appendix 23


Special Employment Schemes Office 632


Foras Forbartha 630, 631


Itinerants rehabilitation 638-643


Miscellaneous services 638


Motor Vehicle Duties


Exchequer receipts 629


fines 624, 625


local administration 626-628


retention 622, 623


revenue 621


untaxed vehicles 624


National Building Advisory Council 630, 631


Road Fund


Account Appendix 24


improvement grants 657-659


notification of grants 663


Road safety


expenditure 656


research 660-662


McCann, Mr. H. J.


External Affairs 538-567


International Co-operation 568-587


McCarthy, Mr. J. C. B.


Industry and Commerce 404-447


MacGearailt, Mr. S.


Education, Office of the Minister 718-764


Primary Education 765-782


Reformatory and Industrial Schools


page 95 (no question)


Secondary Education 783-791


Universities and Colleges and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 799, 800


Vocational Education 792-798


Martin, Mr. J. S.


Charitable Donations and Bequests 448, 449


Miscellaneous Expenses


Easter Rising 1916 Commemoration 111-113


Cork Opera House 122


Dublin Grand Opera Society 117, 118


Irish Society for the Prevention of


Cruelty to Children 109, 110


National Theatre Society, Limited 119-121, Appendix 6


Nelson Pillar damage claims 114-116


Property values arbitrations 107, 108


Mooney, Mr. J.


Rates on Government Property 397-403


Valuation and Ordnance Survey 391-396


Mundow, Mr. H. J.


Public Works and Buildings 171-289


Nagle, Mr. J. C.


Agriculture 912-1,007


Fisheries 1,008-1,017


National Gallery


Catalogue 1,022


Extension and Restaurant 1,020


Fire precautions 1,018


Loans 1,023, 1,024


Purchases 1,021


Value 1,019


O’Brien, Mr. T.


Forestry 841-856


Lands 801-840


O’Brolcháin, Mr. Brian


Stationery Office 290


O Cearbhaill, Mr. T.


Labour 135-170


O Cearnaigh, Mr. S.


Army Pensions 358-370


Defence 291-357


Oireachtas, Houses of the


Page 4 (no question)


O Muireadhaigh, Mr. P. S.


Central Mental Hospital, page 108 (no question)


Health 857-911


O Riordan, Mr. D.


Transport and Power 485-510


O hUanacháin, Mr. L.


Social Welfare 450-484


Pensions, Increases in


Twelve per cent increase, application 123-130


Posts and Telegraphs


Broadcasting licence fees


checks 614


“spongers” campaign 606, Appendix 22


Commercial Accounts, Appendix 20


Cross-channel cables 615


Engineering stores 588-590


Losses 613


Mails


C.I.E. use of 611


contract conveyance 610


details 609


postmen 608


receipts 612


Postal Service revenue 591, 592


Post Office Savings Bank


accounts 600, 603


Bank of Nova Scotia, deposit with 604


increased deposits 601, 602


repayment services receipts 616- 618


Sites awaiting development 607


Telegraph revenue 591, 592


Telephones


revenue 591


reverse call charges 619


telex 620


trade directory 593-599, Appendix 20


Travelling expenses 605


Trustee Savings Bank Accounts 603, Appendix 21


President’s Establishment


Page 4 (no question)


Primary Education


Handicapped, courses for teachers of expenditure 774, 775


need for 775, 776, 778


numbers participating 773, 774


selection of teachers 777


Heating, cleaning and painting grants 781


Model schools 779, 780


Schoolbooks, free scheme 782


Training Colleges


Church of Ireland 767, 768, 770


fees, repayable advances 771, 772


future role 769


St. Patrick’s 765, 766, 770


Prisons


Overtime payments 707


Manufactured goods sales 708, 709


Public Works and Buildings


Architectural and engineering works


expenditure 171


Architectural fees 284


Arterial Drainage Works


estimates and expenditure 230-236, Appendices 8 and 9


surveys recruitment difficulties 275-277


Athlone site 237


Bourn Vincent Memorial Park 285-288, Appendix 13


Castlebar site 238, 239


Compilation of property rental 289, Appendix 14


Dunlaoghaire Car Ferry Terminal and Harbour 254-256, Par 8


Embassies


Canberra 274


Lagos 278-282


Fire losses 283


Four Courts stonework repairs


Audit delays 199, 201, 202, 204-215, Par 12


completion date 198


contractors, availability 200


estimates revised 188, 196, 197, 203, Par 12


quantity surveyor difficulties 189-195, Par 12


Furniture, transfers to new buildings 272, 273


Galway Fisheries Research Station site Par 6


Land Commission computer 264-271


Leinster House, heating system 240


National Building Agency Houses


expenditure 172


sites 182, 183


1968 targets 173-181


National Education Office, Library Centre 263


President John F. Kennedy memorial 241-247, Appendix 11


Professional fees, Par 5


Rye River drainage works, Par 9


School grants expenditure 171


School maintenance expenditure 184-187


Templemore Gárda Training Centre 257-262, Par 7 Appendix 12,


Thomas Davis memorial 251-254


Trucks


Dunmore East hireage 216-222, Par 13


Moy Drainage scheme allocation 223-229, Par 13, Appendix 7


Wolfe Tone memorial 248-250


Rates on Government Property


USA Embassy Rates 397-403


Réamonn, Mr. S.


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the 511-537


Reformatory and Industrial Schools Page 95 (no question)


Remuneration


Contingency Fund Deposit Account 134


Tenth Round Increases,


grades involved 131-133


Revenue Commissioners


Estate Duties, delays and staffing


problems 521-525, Par 16


Extra-statutory repayments


amounts 516


customs duties cases 516


excise cases 516-519


Income tax


outstanding assessments 515


PAYE monthly returns Par 11


Irrecoverable amounts 520


Revenue


account 511, 512


yield 513, 514


Staff recruitment difficulties 530-537, Par 28


Turnover Tax returns 528, Par 18


Wholesale Tax, checking procedures 526-529, Par 17


Scannell, Mr. J.


Posts and Telegraphs 588-620


Secondary Education


Comprehensive schools 787-790


School building grants 783-786


Transport, free scheme 791


Secret Service


Increased expenditure 98


Social Welfare


Agents, performance of higher duties 471


Clerical vacancies 458-461, Par 27


Extra-statutory grants 467-469


Labour, transfer of staff to 462


Old Age Pensions, late claims 469, 470


Social Assistance overpayments 453-457


Social Insurance Fund


accounts 472, Appendix 19


Britain, reciprocal arrangements with 474-484


persons not claiming benefit 473


State contribution 450-452


Unemployment Assistance, expenditure 463-466


State Laboratory


Analysis, type of 76, 78


Delays in analysis of imported goods 79-81


Drugs 77


Stationery Office


Government Publications Sale Office Accounts 290, Appendix 15


Superannuation and Retired Allowances


Children’s Allowances 92


Established Officers, part recognition of temporary service 90, 91


Retired tax inspector reemployed 95-97


Royal Irish Constabulary pensions 93, 94


Taoiseach, Department of


Officer on loan 7


Tóibín, Mr. L.


Roinn na Gaeltachta 371-390


Transport and Power


Airport landing fees 510


Bord Fáilte


accounting difficulties 486-495, Par 15


local festivals, joint finance 496, 497


reports 498


CIE redundancy compensation 485


Cork Airport, defects and maintenance 499-502


Dublin Airport building costs Par 10


Harbours, expenditure less than estimate 507


Rural electrification progress 508, 509


Shannon Free Airport Development Co. Limited


accounts 504


borrowing powers 505


grants 503, 506


housing subsidies and grants 503, 506


Universities and Colleges and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies


Cork Dental Hospital 799


Maynooth College 800


Valuation and Ordnance Survey


Constituency maps 395


Map sales 393, 394, 396


Vacancies, filling of 391, 392


Vocational Education


Regional Technical Colleges


consortium fees 792-794


personnel 795


Vocational Education Committees,


local contributions 796-798


Whitaker, Mr. T. K.


Agricultural Grants 99-102


Central Statistics Office 8-20


Chomhairle Ealaíon, An, page 12 (no question)


Civil Service Commission 82-89


Finance, Office of the Minister 21-75


General Report 2-6


Law Charges 103-106


Miscellaneous Expenses 107-122


Oireachtas, Houses of the, page 4 (no question)


Pensions, Increases in 123-130


Presidents’ Establishment, page 4 (no question)


Remuneration 131-134


Secret Service 98


State Laboratory 76-81


Superannuation and Retired Allowances 90-97


Taoiseach, Department of 7


White, Mr. J.


National Gallery 1,018-1,024