Committee Reports::Interim and Final Report - Appropriation Accounts 1975::15 June, 1978::Index

INDEX

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


Agricultural Grants


Page 93 (no question)


Agriculture


Agricultural Credit Corporation, payments on foot of Minister’s guarantee 349-352


Aids to farmers in certain less favoured areas 377, 378


Bord Gráin, dissolution of An 347, 348


Cattle feed voucher scheme, funding 343-346


Errigal Co-operative Society Limited, payments 376


Market Intervention


Beef deboning, recovery of disallowed payments 357-368


Incidental expenses 353-356, 379, pars 15, 16


Meat industry, recovery of loans par 4


Monetary compensatory amounts, collection 336-342, par 8


Salaries, wages and allowances 372, 373, Appendix 6


Special premium on exports of beef to UK 369-371


Travelling and incidental expenses 374, 375, par 36


Appendices, List of


Page 183


Appropriation Accounts


1975, special subheads opened, Appendix 3


Comparison of audited expenditure with exchequer issues and general abstract of accounts, 1974, Appendix 1


Minute of Minister for Finance on 1974 Accounts 140-160, Appendix 2


Army Pensions


Compensation to members of Local Defence Force 89


Connaught Rangers’ pensioners 88


Defence Force pensioners 87


Entitlement, inclusion of Emergency service 93, 94


Special allowances 90, 91


Special compensation, United Nations


Force 92


Wound and disability pensioners 86


Central Statistics Office


Accommodation 304, 305


Collection of statistics 308, 309


Post Office services 310, 311


Staffing 306, 307


Chairman


Election 1


Takes Chair 2


Charitable Donations and Bequests


Commissioners, functions 95, 96


Chomhairle Ealaíon, An


Page 131 (no question)


Civil Service Commission


Examinations


Expenses 5


Panels of qualified candidates 11-13


Examiners


Employment 7, 8


Payments 6, 9, 10


Collins Mr. C.


Social Welfare 446-464


Committee of Public Accounts


Staffing 2, 14, 169, 387, 388, par 37


Comptroller and Auditor General (Vote)


Appropriation Accounts, form of presentation 425, 426


EEC Court of Auditors 423-425


Staffing 2, 14, 417-424, par 35


Comptroller and Auditor General


Agriculture 336, 340, 343, 347, 349, 353, 357, 369


Charitable Donations and Bequests 95


Defence 59, 62


Education, Office of the Minister 176, 183, 184, 186, 188-190, 192, 195, 197


Fisheries 264, 270


Gaeltachta, Roinn na 282


General Report 122, 124, 126-130, 135, 138


Health 427, 429, 431, 432, 442


Industry and Commerce 228


Justice, Office of the Minister 97


Local Government 312, 315, 318, 320, 321


Minute of the Minister for Finance on 1974 Appropriation Accounts 140


Primary Education 199, 201, 202, 205, 206, 208, 209, 211, 213, 214


Public Works and Buildings 392, 394, 395


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the 405, 408, 409


Secondary Education 215, 217, 220-222, 224


Social Welfare 446, 461


Superannuation and Retired Allowances 26


Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Excess Vote) 15


Posts and Telegraphs 465, 467, 469, 471


Vocational Education 225-227


Courts


Circuit Courts, determination of venues 120


Courthouses, responsibility for maintenance 119


District Courts, savings on salaries and wages 118


Defence


Buildings 67


Curragh Detention Unit, construction 75


Fishery protection vessel, construction 59-61


Helicopters 65, 66, 80-85


Insurance 68


Irish Red Cross Society, grant-in-aid 70


Military educational courses and visits 69


Motor cars, purchasing facilities for officers 76


Permanent Defence Force, pay 63


Reserve Defence Force, pay 64


Sail training assistance 71, 72


United Nations, claims for expenses from 62


Unserviceable uniforms, sale 77-79


Vote, total surplus to be surrendered 73, 74


Duggan, Mr. A. W.


Fisheries 264-281


Forestry 262, 263


Education, Office of the Minister


Bord an Choláiste Náisiúnta Ealaine is Deartha, accounts 176-185, par 20


Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann 197, 198, par 22


Language research 192-194


National Council for Educational Awards 186-191, pars 10, 21


Transport services 195, 196


Finance, Office of the Minister


Economic and Social Research Institute 162


Recovery of moneys paid to an arms dealer in West Germany par 1


Salaries, wages and allowances 161


Special Regional Development Fund par 2


Staff Structure and Salary Scales Appendix 8


Fisheries


Harbour works 264-269, Appendix 4


Killala Harbour improvement scheme 270-280, par 28


Training schemes for fishermen 281


Foreign Affairs


Grants-in-aid, expenditure 291


Travelling and incidental expenses 292


Forestry


Forest development and management, explanation of saving 262


Sawmilling accounts 263


Gaeltachta, Roinn na


Housing grants paid in anticipation of legislation 282-290, pars 6, 29


Garda Síochána


Army helicopters, use 111


Equipment 109


Establishment, adequacy 108


Overtime payments par 9


Superannuation and other non-effective payments 110


General Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General


Cashed payable orders, clearance 138, 139, par 19


Central Fund 129


Delays by accounting officers in furnishing information par 18


Excess Vote 124, 125


Exchequer extra receipts 126


Issues under Fóir Teoranta Acts, repayment 130-134


Outturn of the year 122, 123


Savings Bank fund deposit account 135-137


Stock and store accounts 128


Surrender of balances 127


Harman, Mr. J. F.


Stationery Office 232-238


Health


EEC meetings, expenses in connection with attendances 444


General Medical Services (Payments)


Board 429-431


Health Boards, adequacy of financial administration 427, 428, par 33


Health contributions, collection 432-441, par 34


Social security benefits, reciprocal arrangements with UK for refund 442, 443


Thalidomide children, scheme to provide facilities 445


Healy, Mr. M. J.


Houses of the Oireachtas 380-389


Healy, Mr. M. P.


Army Pensions 86-94


Defence 59-85


Hensey, Dr. B. J.


Health 427-445


Higher Education


Page 113 (no question)


Holloway, Mr. J. C.


Industry and Commerce 228-231


Industry and Commerce


Ardmore Studios, administration expenses 228


Geological survey 229


Grants-in-aid, control of issue 230


Kilkenny Design Workshops Limited 231


International Co-operation


Accounting procedures 293


Justice, Office of the Minister


Appropriations-in-Aid 107


Commissions and special enquiries 101


Free legal advice centres 104, 105


Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland, payments 98-100


Legal aid 102, 103


Personal injuries criminally inflicted, compensation 106


Salaries, wages and allowances 97


Labour


Advisory services for emigrants 248


Commissions and special enquiries 239-241


Premium employment programme 249-251


Research 242-247


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds


Staffing 121


Lands


Page 151 (no question)


Law Charges


Defence of public servants 298-301


Fees to counsel 296, 297


Linehan, Mr. T. P.


Central Statistics Office 304-311


Local Government


Amenity work grants 333-335


Fees to consultants 332, Appendix 5


Housing


Grants paid in anticipation of legislation 318, 319, par 6


Services’ accounts, audit 312-314, par 30


Subsidy, over issues 315-317, par 31


Malicious injuries, recoupment of expenditure 320


Motor Vehicles


Duties 321, par 3


Tax accounts, audit 321-331, par 30


Mac Cárthaigh, Mr. S. S.


Public Works and Buildings 392-404


Mac Domhnaill, Mr. P. L.


Comptroller and Auditor General 417-426


McDonagh, Mr. R.


Foreign Affairs 291, 292


International Co-Operation 293


Mac Gearailt, Mr. S.


See Comptroller and Auditor General


McGrath, Mr. C. K. (Department of Finance)


Primary Education 214


McMahon, Mr. N.


Transport and Power 252-261


Meagher, Mr. G. A.


Local Government 312-335


Miscellaneous Expenses


Centenarians’ bounty 166, 168


State entertainment 167


Theatre, aid 165


National Gallery


Post Office services 170


Purchase and repair of pictures 171


Staffing 173


Travelling and incidental expenses 172


Visits by schools 174, 175


Ó Cearbhaill, Mr. T.


Labour 239-251


Ó Cofaigh, Mr. T. F.


Agricultural Grants Page 93 (no question)


General Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 122-139


Minute of the Minister for Finance on 1974 Appropriation Accounts 3, 140-160


Miscellaneous Expenses 165-168


Office of the Minister for Finance 161, 162


President’s Establishment Page 91 (no question)


Secret Service Page 93 (no question)


State Laboratory 163, 164


Ó Conaill, Mr. S.


Civil Service Commission 5-13


Public Service, Office of the Minister 4, 14


Remuneration 51-58


Superannuation and Retired Allowances 26-50


Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Excess Vote) 15-25


Oireachtas, Houses of the


Office equipment, expenditure 389 Appendix 10, par 36


Staff structure and remuneration 380-388, Appendices 7, 9


Ó Laoghaire, Mr. D.


Education, Office of the Minister 176-198


Higher Education Page 113 (no question)


Primary Education 199-214


Residential Homes and Special Schools Page 113 (no question)


Secondary Education 215-224


Vocational Education 225-227


O’Leary, Mr. S.


Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director 302, 303


O’Mahony, Mr. J. J.


Agriculture 336-379


Lands Page 151 (no question)


Ó Réagáin, Mr. P.L.


Posts and Telegraphs 465-480


Ó Súilleabháin, Mr. D.


An Chomhairle Ealaíon Page 131 (no question)


Department of the Taoiseach 294, 295


Posts and Telegraphs


Bad debtors 468


Factory 466


Losses, classified schedule 474, 475


Overtime payments 476


Postal service, deficit 477


Post Office Savings Bank 469, 470


Revenue 467


Stores


Accounts 465


Bulk supply agreement 471-473


Telegraph service, deficit 478, 480


Telephone service, deficit 478, 479


President’s Establishment


Page 91 (no question)


Primary Education


Carysfort Training College, expenditure on adaptation and extension 210-212, par 11


National schools, building, equipment and furnishing 209


Schoolbooks 213, 214


Special educational project 208


Teachers’ Salaries’


Computerisation of payroll 199, 200 206, 207


Custody of blank and preprinted orders 205, par 24


Overpayments 201-204, par 23


Prisons


Buildings and equipment 113


Welfare services 112, 114-117


Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director


Vote 302, 303


Public Service, Office of the Minister


Central Data Processing Services receipts 4


Functions and role 52-58


Public Works and Buildings


Government offices at Athlone and Castlebar, planning expenditure par 14


Losses by accidental fire, insurance cover 404


Machinery, deployment 400


National schools, provision for grants 392, 393


New works, alterations and additions 402, Appendix 12


Oil stocks, control of issue 394-399, 401, Appendix 11, par 32


Professional accountants, recruitment par 5


Staff lent to other Departments 403


Quigley, Mr. D.


Law Charges 296-301


Rates on Government Property


Vote 391


Remuneration


Expenditure 51


Residential Homes and Special Schools


Page 113 (no question)


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the


Capital gains tax 409


Cross-border smuggling, revenue loss 416


Overtime payments 415


Revenue accounts 405-407


Staffing 414


Tax collection 410-413, par 7


Wealth tax 408


Richardson, Mr. J. F.


Office of the Revenue Commissioners 405-416


Ryan, Mr. D. F.


Rates on Government Property 391


Valuation and Ordnance Survey 390


Secondary Education


Community schools, collection of local contributions 222, 223, par 12


Sports complexes, expenditure par 13


Teachers’ Salaries


Accounting procedures 217-219, par 25


Cancellation of reissued orders 215, 216


Social Insurance benefits, deduction in respect of fully paid absences 220, 221, par 26


Vote, charging of certain vocational school buildings’ expenditure 224


Secret Service


Page 93 (no question)


Social Welfare


Loss of insurance cards 456


Overpayments of assistance and benefits 446-449, 452, 453, 455, 458, par 17


Overtime payments 463


Prosecution of defaulting employers 446, 452, 454, 457


Social Insurance Fund 462


Staffing 450, 451, 459-461


Vote, estimation of certain savings 464, Appendix 13


State Laboratory


Appropriations-in-aid 164


Travelling and incidental expenses 163


Stationery Office


Overtime payments 232-238


Superannuation and Retired Allowances


Additional allowances and gratuities in respect of established officers 35


Compensation allowances 45


Increases 31-33


Injury grants and medical fees 46-49


Pensions, allowances and gratuities in respect of un-established officers 36-44, par 36


Public servants’ widows’ and childrens’ extra-statutory and ex gratia pensions, specific legislation to validate payment 26-30, 34, par 6


Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Excess Vote)


Excess expenditure 15-25, 50, Interim Report page 5


Taoiseach, Department of


Information and public relations services 295


Travelling and incidental expenses 294


Tóibín, Mr. L.


Roinn na Gaeltachta 282-290


Tormey, Miss A.


Charitable Donations and Bequests 95, 96


Transport and Power


Córas Iompair Éireann, grants 252-254, 256, 257, par 6


Grants-in-aid, disbursing 261


Harbours, grants 258, 259


Overtime payments 260


Salaries, wages and allowances 255


Valuation and Ordnance Survey


Travelling and incidental expenses 390, par 36


Vocational Education


Committees and Regional Technical Colleges, audit of accounts 225-227, par 27


Ward, Mr. A.


Courts 118-120


Garda Síochána 108-111


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds 121


Office of the Minister for Justice 97-107


Prisons 112-117


White, Dr. J.


National Gallery 170-175