Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1974::21 April, 1977::Index

INDEX

Paragraph references are to paragraphs in the Report; references without qualification are to Questions in the Minutes of Evidence.


Accounting Officers


Functions and responsibilities 249-251


Agricultural Grants


Page 71 (no question)


Agriculture


Agricultural Credit Corporation 599


Beef classification scheme 648, 649


Cattle slaughter premiums 632


Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society, 642


Dairy Herds Conversion Scheme 600


Dairy produce, promotion of sales abroad 597, 598


Disease control and eradication 644


Estimates of receipts and expenditure 646, 647


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 589


Farm Apprenticeship Board, 636, 637


Horticulture 596


Market Intervention


Countries currently operating 626-627


Incidental expenses 601-617 par 26


Losses incurred 630, 631 par 26


Payments on account 628, 629 par 25


Tendering and disposal 618-625 par 26


Meat industry, recovery of loans, par 9


Monetary compensatory amounts, collection 590-595, 650, par 16 Appendix 5


Private Agricultural Schools 634


Prizes at shows 643


Salaries, wages and allowances 633


Scholarships and training 635


Sheep Headage Grants 645


Technical assistance 638-641


Appendices, List of


Page 195


Appropriation Accounts


1974, special subheads opened, Appendix 3


Comparison of audited expenditure with exchequer issues and general abstract of accounts, 1973-74 Appendix 1


Minute of Minister for Finance on 1973-74 Accounts Appendix 2


Army Pensions


Military service pensions, 262


Overpayments, refunds 263


Barry, Mr. M. J.


Agriculture 589-650


Fisheries 651-655


Central Statistics Office


Collection and supply of statistics 313-316


Salaries, wages and allowances 311


Travelling and incidental expenses 312 par 7


Chairman


Election of 1


Takes Chair 2


Charitable Donations and Bequests


Functions 56-58


Chomhairle Ealaíon, An


Page 119 (no question)


Civil Service Commission


Appropriations-in-aid 227


Examinations 225


Examiners 224, 226


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 222, 223


Comptroller and Auditor General (Vote)


Audit fees 656


Departmental votes, auditing 660-670, 675, 676


Enactments governing Office 677, 678


Joint Committee on State-Sponsored Bodies 673


Staffing 657-659, 671 par 27


State-Sponsored Bodies, audit 674


Voluntary hospitals, auditing 672


Comptroller and Auditor General


Agriculture 589, 590, 596, 597, 599-601, 608, 628, 630, 632, 639, 641


Civil Service Commission 222, 223


Comptroller and Auditor General 669, 672-674, 678


Defence 252, 254, 256


Education, Office of the Minister 120, 125, 130-133, 136, 137, 142, 145, 147


Fisheries 651, 652


Foreign Affairs 317


Gaeltachta, Roinn na 271, 273, 285


General Report 3-5, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31


Health 707, 708


Increases in pensions and certain improvements in superannuation and retired allowances 237, 238, 240, 241


International Co-operation 332, 333


Justice, Office of the Minister 59, 60, 64, 67, 72, 81


Labour 368, 378


Local Government 385, 387, 388, 390, 397, 405, 406, 408


Posts and Telegraphs 679-681


Primary Education 175, 178, 185, 187, 188, 450


Public Service, Office of the Minister 220, 221


Public Works and Buildings 498, 499, 515, 517, 523


Rates on Government Property 434


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the 340, 359


Secondary Education 457, 459, 467-469, 473, 479, 480


Social Welfare 697, 701


Stationery Office 264


Superannuation and Retired Allowances 228


Valuation and Ordnance Survey 427


Vocational Education 492


Courts


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 111, Appendix 6


Defence


Barrack services 254, 255


Defensive equipment 252, 253


Equitation teams’ expenses 260


Helicopters 258


Naval stores 259


Sail training, assistance 261


United Nations, payments due from 256, 257


Education, Office of the Minister


Appropriations-in-aid 173


Audio-visual teaching aids 163


Bord an Choláiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha, grants and accounts 120-129, 152 par 10


Educational tours for teachers 158


Fellowships 161, 162


Institiúid Teangeólaíochta Éireann 172


International apprentices competition 155-156


Language research 157, 172


National Council for Educational Awards 130-135, 153, 154 par 18


National Library 164


National Museum 165-169


Publications in Irish 136-146, 174 Appendix 7


Royal Irish Academy 170


Salaries, wages and allowances 148-151


Student exchange scholarships 159, 160, 162


Transport services 147


Youth and sports organisations, grant-in-aid 171


Farrell, Mr. C.


Public works and buildings 498-563


Finance, Office of the Minister


Appropriations-in-aid 47


Audit of accounts of State-sponsored bodies par 2


County development work 40, 41


Economic and Social Research Institute 39


Government stocks, management of 37, 38


National Economic and Social Council 44-46


Post Office services 36


Recovery of moneys par 1


Science and technology 42, 43


Special Regional Development Fund 41, 48-51 par 3


Training staff, cost of 35


Fisheries


Harbour works 651-654


Salaries, wages and allowances 655


Foreign Affairs


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 317, 318


Repatriation and maintenance of destitute Irish persons abroad 321


Student exchange system 320


Write-off of money in Nigerian bank 319


Forestry


Appropriations-in-aid 573 par 15


Ash trees, planting 586


Development and management 570, 571


Economics 576


Education 572


Fires 574, 575


Forest walks 577, 578


Land


receipts from sales 579


reserves for afforestation 580-585


Sawmilling, accounts 587


Gaeltachta, Roinn na


Ciste na Gaeilge account 291, 292


Cultural and social schemes 287


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 271-272


Films in Irish 288


Gaeltarra Éireann, 290 par 4


Housing grants increased in anticipation of legislation 273-285 par 12


Newspapers and periodicals in Irish 289


Post Office services 286


Garda Síochána


Appropriations-in-aid 96


Clothing and accessories 87-89


Equipment 93, 94


Extra remuneration 98-107, par 17


Garda band 108


Garda Síochána Reward Fund 109


Medical Aid Society 92


Salaries, wages and allowances 82-84


Statement of losses, 97


Station services 90-91


Superannuation and other non-effective payments 95


Travelling and incidental expenses 85, 86


General Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General


Accounting principals, breaches of par 5


Agricultural levies 26, 27


Central Fund 24, 25


Delays in furnishing information to the Comptroller and Auditor General par 30


European Communities Act, 1972, issues under 28


Exchequer extra receipts 4


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 5-23 par 29 Appendix 4


Outturn of the year 4


Stocks and stores accounts 4


Surrender of balances 4


Harman, Mr. J. F.


Stationery Office 264-270


Health


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 707


Fluoridation of water supplies 711-712


Health Boards, grants to 710


Social security benefits, refunds from United Kingdom 708, 709


Healy, Mr. M. J.


Houses of the Oireachtas 197-201


Hensey, Dr. B.


Health 707-712


Higher Education


Grant-in-aid fund for third level institutions 494, 495


Holloway, Mr. J. C.


Industry and Commerce 293-307


Hynes, Mr. F. A.


Social Welfare 697-706


Increases in Pensions and certain improvements in Superannuation and Retired Allowances


Superannuation and retired allowances 237-248 par 23


Industry and Commerce


Bula mines, State investment 305


Industrial Development Authority 299-302


Institute for Industrial Research and Standards 296-298


Mineral development 295


Refunds from EEC 306, 307


Salaries, wages and allowances 294


Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited 303-304


International Co-operation


Bilateral and other aid contributions for developing countries 326, 328-339 Appendix 8


Disaster relief in developing countries 327


United Nations voluntary agencies, contributions to 322-325


Justice, Office of the Minister


Commissions and Special Inquiries, expenditure on 79


Compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted 64-67


Compensation for unsaleable chemical substances 70-73


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 59-63


Free legal advice centres, grant to 74-78


Miscellaneous 81


Salaries, wages and allowances 68


Travelling and incidental expenses 69, 80


Keating, Mr. P.


Foreign Affairs 317-321


International Co-operation 322-339


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 112


Lands


Credit terms for additional land purchase 568


Farm Retirement Scheme, number of applications 569


Gratuities to ex-employees 567


Incidental expenses 564


Land bonds, deficiencies from sales of 565


Life annuities, auctioneers’ commission 566


Law Charges


Defence of public servants 496


Receipts from Department of Posts and Telegraphs 497


Labour


Advertising and publicity 370


Advisory services for emigrants 382, 384


CERT 379-381


Chomhairle Oiliúna, An 376, 377


Irish Management Institute 368, 378


Research 371-373


Resettlement allowances 374, 375, 383


Salaries, wages and allowances 369


Linehan, Mr. T. P.


Central Statistics Office 311-316


Local Government


Amenity works, derelict sites and dangerous places 413


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 385-387


Housing Grants


Increase in anticipation of legislation 388, 396 par 12


Local authority schemes 410-412


Interest subsidy for building societies 397-405


Motor vehicle duties 408 par 8


Post Office services 409


Recoupment of expenditure on foot of certain malicious injuries 406, 407


Road fund 414


Mac Domhnaill, Mr. P. L.


Comptroller and Auditor General 656-678


Mac Gearailt, Mr. S.


See Comptroller and Auditor General


McGrath, C. K. (Department of Finance)


Education, Office of the Minister 139, 144, 145


Secondary Education 472, 475


McMahon, Mr. N.


Transport and Power 415-425


Martin, Mr. J. S.


Charitable Donations and Bequests 55-58


Meagher, Mr. G. A.


Local Government 385-414


Miscellaneous Expenses


Centenarians bounty 54


National Gallery


Purchase and repair of pictures 113-114


Restaurant 115-119


O’Brien, Mr. T.


Forestry 570-588


Lands 564-569


Ó Cearbhaill, Mr. T.


Labour, 368-384


Ó Colmáin, Mr. P.


Post and Telegraphs 679-696


Ó Conaill, Mr. S.


Accounting principles 249-251 par 5


Civil Service Commission 222-227


Increases in pensions and certain improvements in superannuation and retired allowances 237-248


Public Service, Office of the Minister 202-221


Remuneration 236


Superannuation and retired allowances 228-235


Ó Laoghaire, Mr. D.


Education, Office of the Minister 120-174


Higher Education 494, 495


Primary Education 175-196, 437-456


Residential homes and special schools page 157


Secondary Education 457-491


Vocational Education 492, 493


Ó Murchú, Mr. M. N.


Agricultural grants, page 71


General Report 3-28


Miscellaneous expenses 54


Office of the Minister for Finance 35-51


President’s Establishment 29-34


Secret Service, page 71


State Laboratory 52-53


Ó Murchú, Mr. P.


Army pensions 262, 263


Defence 252-261


Ó Súilleabháin, Mr. D.


Comhairle Ealaíon, An 310


Taoiseach, Department of 308-309


Oireachtas, Houses of the


Incidental and travelling expenses 200


Pensions 201


Post Office services 199


Salaries and allowances of Comhaltaí 197


Salaries, wages and allowances of Officers and Staff 198


Posts and Telegraphs


Appropriations-in-aid 685


Commissions and Special Inquiries 684


Engineering stores and equipment 682, 683


Extra remuneration 691


Losses 686-690


Post Office Savings Bank 681


Revenue 680


Services, increase in business 694, 695


Staffing, increase in 696


Stores 679


Telephone kiosks, cost of vandalism 692, 693


President’s Establishment


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 29-31


President’s salary 32-34


Primary Education


Carysfort Training College, grant for adaptation and extension 178-196, 437-451 par 19


Appendix 9


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 175-177


Heating, cleaning and painting of schools 453


Loans and grants to training college students 452


Pension scheme, contributions 456


School books 454


Special educational projects 455


Prisons


Welfare Services 110


Public Service, Office of the Minister


Appropriations-in-aid 207, 211


Beartas i leith na Gaeilge 210


Central data processing services 202-209, 215-221


Extra remuneration 213-214


Recoupment of certain expenses from EEC 212


Public Works and Buildings


Arterial Drainage


cost of maintenance 549


construction works 543


surveys 541, 542


Coast protection 544


Compensation for damage to property of external governments 533


Compensation for flooding Black-water embankment, County Clare 561, 562


EEC conferences in Dublin, cost 529


Erection of Government Offices, Athlone and Castlebar, consultants’ fees 499-522 par 24


Ex-gratia payments 560


Extra remuneration 555-557


Furniture fittings and utensils 530


Holycross Abbey conservation and restoration 546


Kilkenny Castle, outlay 527


Maintenance and supplies 531


Miscellaneous appropriations-in-aid 550-554


National monuments 545


New works, alterations and additions 498, 526 Appendix 10


Phoenix Park, provision of golf course 528


Post office, Tipperary town, erection 526


Recoveries from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs 548


Reen Pier, County Cork, contribution from County Council 523, 524 par 11


Rents and rates 532


Repair of courthouses 534-540


Research projects 563


Sales of property 547


Services rendered without repayment 559


Sites and buildings, purchase 525


Staff lent without repayment 558


Quigley, Mr. D.


Law charges 496, 497


Rates on Government Property


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 434, 435


Premises occupied by representatives of foreign governments 436


Remuneration


Extra expenditure 236


Residential Homes and Special Schools


Page 157 (no question)


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the


Capital gains tax 354


Compensation for losses 362


Expenses in connection with international organisations 363-364


Law charges, fees and rewards 360, 361


Payment to Director of Stamping 366, 367


Revenue accounts 340, 341, 343


Salaries, wages and allowances 356-358, 365


Tax collection and tax outstanding 342, 344-355 par 13


Travelling and incidental expenses 359


V.A.T. returns, comparison with income tax accounts par 14


Richardson, Mr. J. F.


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the 340-367


Ryan, Mr. D. F.


Rates on Government property 434-436


Valuation and Ordnance Survey 426-433


Secondary Education


Building grants and capital costs 459-466 par 20


Ex-gratia pensions for widows and children of former teachers 457, 458


Expenditure on sports complexes 467-478 par 21


Expenditure on the erection of vocational schools 479-482 par 22


Irish and Bilingual Schools 483, 484


Irish textbooks 485


School books, aid towards cost 486-491


Secret Service


Page 71 (no question)


Social Welfare


Appropriations-in-aid 703, 704


Assistance and insurance benefits, overpayments 701


Co-operation with British authorities 705


Old age pensions, overpayments 697-700 par 28


Social assistances allowances 702


State Laboratory


Apparatus and chemical equipment 52-53


Stationery Office


Expenditure in excess of authorised issues 264-265


Extra remuneration 267


Official publications, issue of free copies 268


Printing and binding 266, 269


Register of Electors 270


Superannuation and Retired Allowances


Appropriations-in-aid 232, 233


Civil servants’ widows’ and childrens’ pension schemes 228, 299, 235 par 12


Extra remuneration 234


Marriage gratuities 230


Pensions, allowances and gratuities in respect of unestablished officers 231


Taoiseach, Department of


Information and Public Relations Services 309


Salaries, wages and allowances 308


Tóibín, Mr. L.


Roinn na Gaeltachta 271-292


Transport and Power


Aer Rianta, grant for superannuation fund, 422


Bottled gas installations, grants for 419-421


Córas Iompair Éireann, supplementary grants pars 6, 12


Equipment, stores and maintenance 416


Holiday accommodation, development of 417, 424, 425


Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, grant to 423


Transport of staff, Shannon Airport 418


Valuation and Ordnance Survey


Commission on Place Names 429-432


Revision of maps 433


Travelling and incidental expenses 426-428


Vocational Education


Appropriations-in-aid 492


Payments under Vocational Education Act, 1930 493


Ward, Mr. A.


Courts 111


Garda Síochána 82-109


Justice, Office of the Minister 59-81


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds 112


Prisons 110


White, Dr. J.


National Gallery 113-119