Committee Reports::Interim and Final Report - Appropriation Accounts 1978 - 1979::17 November, 1983::Index

INDEX

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


Agriculture Grants


Page 110 (no question)


Agriculture


Aids to Farmers in Certain Less Favoured Areas 393


Audit of accounts 341-342 par 4


Collection of Monetary Compensatory Amounts 364


Delays in Collection of Monetary Compensatory Amounts 338-340 par 1 “carousel” trade in pigs and barley 338


Disposal of intervention beef 343, 350-356, 358-359


Eradication of bovine turberculosis and brucellosis 372, unauthorised movement of cattle 372-376, par 60


Farm Modernisation Scheme 400


Foreign Agents 347-349


International Co-operation 399


Lime Transport Subsidy 387-388


Open tender 344


Payment to Bovine TB and Brucellosis Eradication Schemes Hardship Fund (Grant-in-Aid) 390


Salaries, Wages and Allowances, overtime 365-366 par 59


Scholarships and Training 385-386


Sheep Headage Grants 391


Storage and transport of intervention beef 360-361 par 40


Subsidies on Milk and Dairy Produce 394-398


Supply of meat 356-357


Suspense Account 380-383


University Colleges 384


VAT on Intervention Transactions 362-363


Army Pensions


Reasons for Excess of Expenditure over Grant 55-56


Military Service Pensions 57-58


Attorney General, Office of the


Defence of Public Servants 160-161


Fees to Counsel 158


General Law Expenses 159


Law Reform Commission 153-156, par 31


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 157


Central Statistics Office


Collection of Statistics 62-63


EEC receipts, surveys 64-68


Charitable Donations and Bequests


Allowance to Clerk of Accounts 104


Bequests 106-110


Charitable Organisations 105


Legal Administrative Difficulties 102


Staff 103


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 111


Civil Service Commission


Appropriations-in-Aid 181-182


Computerisation 180


Examiners fees 177-178, medical examination 179


Collins, Mr. C


Social Welfare 209-269


Comhairle Ealaoin


Expenditure 76


Role 77


Comptroller and Auditor General


Agriculture 364, 365, 372, 377, 380


Army Pensions 55


Defence 26, 28


Fisheries 522


Forestry 531


Garda Siochana 506-510


Health 275


Industry, Commerce and Energy 119


Labour 315


Environment 553, 557, 558


Officer of the Minister for Education 435, 436, 444, 447


Office of the Revenue Commissioners 603-607, 613-621


Posts and Telegraphs 640, 641, 643, 659, 660-661, 668


General Report 13


Public Works and Buildings 692, 698, 711


Roinn na Gaeltachta 598


Secondary Education 474


Social Welfare 232, 235, 239, 241, 248, 255, 257, 259


Stationery Office 59


Comptroller and Auditor General


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 590-596 par 64


Courts


Page 208 (no question)


Defence


Animals, Forage, etc. 47-49


Assistance to Sail Training 52-53


Barrack Services 39


Certification of Claims 26-27


Civilians attached to units 37-38


Compensation 50


Computer Equipment 28-29 par 53


Defensive Equipment 40-42, maintenance 45-46


Efficiency of Maintaining Barracks 31-35


Lands 51


Loss of Staff 30


Permanent Defence Force: Pay 36


Reserve Defence Force: Pay 43-44


Transportation 54


Doris, Mrs. A.


Charitable Donations and Bequests 102-111


Economic Planning and Development


Dublin Inner City Group Development Fund 86-88


Economic and Social Research Institute 82


European Space Agency 83-84


Muintir na Tire 89-91


Reports from Consultants 78-81


Special Regional Development Fund 85


Education, Office of the Minister


Grant-in-aid Fund for Youth and Sports Organisations 443-445


Development Schemes 454-455


Grants to Colleges providing courses in Irish 450


Grants to Voluntary Organisations towards employment of Development Officers 453


Grant towards clerical assistants 452


Grant for Youth Employment Service 446-448


Higher Education Grants 420-423 par 15


Internal Audit System 424 par 16


International Activities 449


Local Contribution towards capital costs 411-418


Irish-English dictionary, contract 434-441


Reconciliation of outstanding payable orders 432 par 39


Residential Homes and Special Schools, structural defects 430-1


Sites for Community Schools 430-432


Social Welfare Benefits, deductions 424


Thomond College, Building defects 425


Transport Services 451


Employment Guarantee Fund


Expenditure 25


Environment


Consultancy Services 559


Grants in respect of Environmental Works and Dangerous Places 565-567


Licensing and registration of Motor Vehicles, Drivers 558


Local Improvement Scheme 571-572


Private Housing Grants 553 Par 44 and 63


Recoupment of Expenditure in respect of Register of Electors 568-570


Technical Assistance 573


Water Supply and Sewerage Subsidies 561-564


Finance, Office of the Minister


Consultancy Services 17


Management of Government Stocks 19


National Savings Committee — request for recoupment of Salaries 20


Office Machinery — computer programming requirements 18


Fisheries


Bord Iascaigh Mhara 527-528


Claims for EEC Grants 521


Exploratory Fishing Vessels, construction 526


Fishery School 524


Killala Harbour Works 520 par 7


Killybegs Fishery Harbour, equipment 522-523


Main Fishery Harbour works 525


Foreign Affairs, Office of the Minister


Contribution to Bodies in Ireland for the furtherance of International Relations 168


Cross Border Studies 165


Information Services 167


Repatriation and Maintenance of Irish Persons abroad 166, 169


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 162


Scolaireachtai Comalairte, An Bord 170-171


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 162-164


Forestry


Forest Development 536


Forestry Education 539


Grants for Afforestation Purposes 537-538


Land acquisition 534-535


Office Machinery and other Supplies 533


Recovery of Monies 529


Sales of Timber 530


Gaeltachta, Roinn na


Grants for Community Centre 598


Leithris-i-gCabhair 602


Tithe Gaeltachta 601


Garda Siochana


Computer based payroll system 506-511 par 62


Payments for services rendered 514


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 512


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 513


Graham, Mr. P.


Comptroller and Auditor General 590-596


Harman, Mr. J. F.


Stationery Office 59-61


Health


Community Pharmacists 274 par 22


Consultant Services 277-279


Farmers Contribution 271-272 par 10


Grants to Health Boards 275-276, 280, 283 par 57


Grant to VHI Board 284


Health Contributions 270 par 10


ISPCC 281


Leopardstown Park Hospital 285


Payments from Department of Health and Social Security 286-289


Report: rebates and discounts on prescriptions 273 par 21


Vaccine Lymph Supply 282


Healy, Mr. M. J.


Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Assembly 578-587


Healy, Mr. M. P.


Army Pensions 55-58


Defence 26-54


Hensey, B.


Health 270-289


Higher Education


Cork Hospitals Board 498


Holloway, Mr. J. C.


Industry, Commerce and Energy 112-139 par 37, par 38


Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Assembly


Consultancy Services for Joint Committee on State Sponsored Bodies 586-587


Incidental expenses and travelling of Officers and Staff 582


Payment for Secretarial Assistance 579-580


Restaurant expenses 583-585


Salaries of Holders of certain Appointed Offices 577-8


Industry, Commerce and Energy


Avoca Mines and NET, connection 120, state support 119


Consultancy Services 122


Credit Financing of certain capital goods exports 125


Energy Conservation, publicity expenditure 136


Export Guarantees, rescheduling arrangements 112-116 par 37


Geological Survey 127


Interest Subsidy to Shipping Finance Corporation Ltd 130


International Organisations 126


Irish Productivity Centre, functions 128


Kilkenny Design Workshops 117-118 par 38


Mianrai Teoranta 132


Minerals Development, GSO 123, compensation 124


National Film Studios of Ireland Ltd. 133-135


Public Service Pensions 121


Rural Electrification 137-139


Shipbuilding 129


Technical Assistance 131


International Cooperation


Contribution to Agency for Personal Services Overseas 173


Contribution to International Organisations 172


Disaster Relief 174-175


Payment for the benefit of Developing Countries arising from membership of EEC 176


Payment to Grant-in-Aid Fund for Bilateral and other Aid Contributions 176


Justice, Office of the Minister


Compensation for Injuries Criminally inflicted 504


Consultancy Services 502


Grants to Adoption Societies 505


Legal Aid — Criminal 503


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 501


Labour


An Chomhairle Oiliuna — Grant to AnCO 326


Claims for EEC Grants, in respect of the Social Fund 308-314


Council for Status of Women 331


Employment Equality Agency 332


Employment Incentive Schemes 327-328


Employment Maintenance Scheme, claims 315-323 par 58


Graduate Conversion Courses Allowances 334


Grants for Advisory Services for Emigrants 330


Irish Management Institute Grant for Training 336


National Hire Agency 337


National Industrial Safety Organisation 335


Resettlement Allowances 324-325


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 329


Lands


Control of expenditure 401 par 20


Gratuities to ex-employees 408


Improvement of Estates, etc. 406


Legal Expenses 402


Life Annuities and Premiums, Retirement Scheme 407, 409


Rent and Interest accounts 403, letting 403-405


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 519


Linehan, Mr. T. P.


Central Statistics Office 62-68


Mac Gamhna, Mr. S.


Public Service 290-303


Remuneration page 164 (no question)


Superannuation and Retired Allowance 304-307


McMahon, Mr. N.


Tourism and Transport 92-101


McMahon Mr. P.


Office of the Revenue Commissioners 607-639


Meagher, Mr. G. A.


Audit of accounts of local authorities 540 par 8


Certification of claims against voted monies 551


Duplicate payments of housing grants 553-556 par 63


Environment 553-576


Grant qualifications 550-551 Abortive calls 552


Housing grants 544-547 par 26


Housing grant inspections 548-549.


Housing Subsidy, Dublin and Mayo County Councils, 541-542 par 9, par 14


Minute of the Minister for Finance 540-552


Motor Vehicle duties 558


Minute of the Minister for Finance


(Appropriation Accounts 1978)


Arrears of Social Welfare contributions 222-224


Audit of Local Authorities accounts 540


Bail moneys, disposal of 500


Children’sowance orders 209-215


Claims for EEC grants 308, 521


Clearance of payable orders by PMG 4-9


Computerised payments system 216-221, 290-294


Export guarantees 112-115


Farmers retirement scheme 401


FEOGA accounts 341-359


Garda Síochána, clearance of advances 459


GMS prescriptions, rebates and discounts 273


Harbour works at Killala 520


Health Boards, employment of full-time pharmacist 274


Health contributions, refunds 231, improvements in system of collection 270-2


Higher Education Grants 420-423


Housing grants 544-7, inspections 548-552


Housing subsidy, overissue 541-2


Internal audit system, secondary education 424


Intervention Beef, storage and transport of 360-1


Irish Board Mills, advances to receiver 529


Kilkenny Design Workshops 117-8


Law Reform Commission 153-156


Local contribution towards Community Schools 3, 411-419


MCAs, delay in collection of 338-340


Registration of title for school sites 426-8


Remedial works at Special School 430-1


Sales of timber 530


Social Assistance refunds, over-payments of 225-230


Subsidisation of rent arrears 543


Thomond College, building defects 425


VAT on intervention transactions 362-3


Miscellaneous Expenses


Compensation for damage caused by detonation of torpedo in Kilmore Quay 24


Recoupment to Central Bank of payments to Liquidator of Irish Trust Bank Ltd. 23


National Gallery


Conservation of Works of Art 140-142


Extra Remuneration 143-144, 146-148


Purchase and Repair of Pictures 140-142


Purchase of Books and Journals 150


Reproductions 145


O Briain, Mr. D. C.


Civil Service Commission 177-182


O Ceallaigh, Mr. S.


Posts and Telegraphs 640-691


O Cearbhaill, Mr. T.


Labour 308-337


O Cofaigh, Mr. T. F.


Agricultural Grants Page 110 (no question)


Employment Guarantee Fund 25


Minute of Minister for Finance 1-13,


Miscellanieous expenses 23-24


Office of the Minister for Finance 17-20


President’s Establishment 14-16


Secret Service Page 109 (no question)


State Laboratory 21-22


O Laidhin, Mr. L.


Higher Education 498


Office of the Minister for Education 410-455


Primary Education 456-473


Residential Homes and Special Schools 494-497


Secondary Education 474-481


Vocational Education 482-493


O’Leary, Mr. S.


Office of Director of Public Prosecutions 151-152


O’Mahony, Mr. J.


Agriculture 338-400


Lands 401-409


O’Rourke, Mr. A.


International Cooperation 172-176


Office of Minister for Foreign Affairs 162-171


Posts and Telegraphs


Accommodation and occupancy of buildings 643-655


Balancing Statement 640


Collection of Licence Fees 680-682 par 13


Commissions and Special Inquiries 678


Compensation allowance 683


Computerised Payroll System 641-642


Consultancy Services 679


Conveyance of Mails 674


Damage to equipment 666


Engineering Stores and equipment contracts 656-658 par 67


Engineering Works Orders, control procedure 659


Extra Remuneration 672


International Conferences and Conventions 676


International telecommunication circuits 675


Losses Classified Schedule, fraudulent withdrawals 684, robberies 685-686, precautions 687, allegations on staff 688, payment of unemployment assistance 689-690


Losses — savings banks 677


Overtime 670


Post Office Savings Bank accounts 668


Rebate of rental 667


Revenue from services 661-663


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 669, 671


Staff 664


Staff recuritment embargo 673


Stores 660


Telephone accounts 665


Potterton, Mr. H.


National Gallery 140-151


Power, Mr. J.


Fisheries 520-528


Forestry 529-539


Presidents Establishment


Household staff 14


Incidental expenses 15


Post Office Services 16


Primary Education


Appointment of temporary teachers 462-463


Building and Furnishing of National Schools, Central Remedial Clinic, Clontarf and Glenmore National School


Kilkenny 471


Caretakers in National Schools 465-466


Child Care Assistance in Schools for the handicapped 467-470


Improvements in facilities and buildings 456-457


Special Courses for Teachers 458-461


Special Educational Projects 464


Superannuation of Teachers 472


Prisons


Buildings and Equipment, new works 516


Educational Services 517


Extra Remuneration 518


Recruitment of Staff 515


Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director


Fees to Counsel 152


Staffing 151


Public Service


Civil Service Arbitration Board 297


Computerised Payments System (Central Data Processing Service) 290-294


Consultancy Services 295-296


Ex-gratia payments 299


Extra Remuneration 298


Recruitment of extra staff 302-303


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 300-301


Public Works and Buildings


Arterial Drainage, surveys 723, construction works 724


Barretstown Castle Trust 744


Building project — concert hall 737-738


Capital for Building 703


Charges at harbours, parks 730-731


Chubb Alarm 740


Coast Protection 726


Compensation, damage to Property 722


Consultancy Services 714


Cost Benefit Analysis 702


Defence, Department of 709


Drainage of the Shannon 734-735


European Foundation 736


Floor Coverings 697


Fragmentation of Departments 708


Furniture and Fittings, issue of 694-696


Furniture deliveries, control of 692, reports 693


Grange Abbey 713


Holycross Abbey 711-712, 728 par 68


Irish Life Block 701


Leased Accommodation, occupation of 698-700


Maintenance and Supplies 719-720


Maintenance Fund 743


National Mounuments 727


New works, alterations and additions 718


Occupancy of Buildings 704-706


Payments to Suppliers 741-742


President’s Household Staff 715-716


Purchase and Maintenance of Plant and machinery 725


Purchase of Sites and Buildings 717


Recoveries from EEC, arterial drainage operations 733


Rent per square foot 710


Rent, rates 721


Richmond harbour 739


Sales of Property 732


Sporting and fishing rights 729


Standards for furnishing offices 696


Quigley, Mr. D.


Office of the Attorney General 153-161


Rates on Government Property


Amounts payable, monitoring 195-197


Appropriations-in-Aid 207-208


Rates on premises of External Governments 206


Valuation of premises 198-205


Remuneration


Page 164 (no question)


Residential Homes and Special Schools


Building and Equipment Grants 496


Courses in Child Care 497


Special Schools 494


Transport Services 495


Revenue Commissioners, Office of the


Agricultural Produce duty 613 par 65


Assessment and Collection of taxes 605, 608-609


Collection and Payover of taxes 616 par 66


Consultancy Services 622


Expenses in connection with International Organisations 624


Extra Remuneration 629-631


Extra Statutory Repayments 606, 611


General Lighthouse Fund 627


Law Charges, Fees and Rewards 623


Net yield of revenue 604, 610


Proceeds of customs sales 626


Remissions and Amounts Irrecoverable 607, 612


Revenue Account 603


Special Attendance of Officers 625


Test bets 628


Travel, Subsistence and Removal Expenses 621


Value-Added Tax 618 par 43


Value-Added Tax Repayments 620


Ryan, Mr. D.


Rates on Government Property 195-208


Valuation and Ordnance Survey 183-194


Scanlan, Mr. P.


Public Works and Buildings 692-745


Secondary Education


Aid towards cost of School Books 481


Courses for Secondary Teachers, cancellations, 479


Miscellaneous 480


Publication of Irish Text Books 477-478


Science and other Equipment Grants 476


Deductions from Salaries in respect of Social Welfare Benefits 474-475 par 6


Secret Service


Page 109 (no question)


Social Welfare


Administration and liabilities after death 229


Central Data Processing Services, functions 216 par 27


Children’s allowance orders, Security and disposal of waste 209-214 par 23


Civil Proceedings for recovery of arrears 257-258


Collection of Health Contributions — refunds 231 par 47


Consultancy Services 263


Computerisation of Social Welfare benefits 215


Continued issue of pension orders following death 248-250


Distribution of payments through St. Vincent De Paul Society 235-238 par 56


Extra Remuneration 268-269


Inmates of institutions — benefits 227-228


Insured Persons’ Medical Certificates 264


Overpayment of benefits from Social Insurance, frauds 251-254


Overpayments on Social Assistance 259-261, 225-226 par 46


Prosecution of employers 255-256


Recovery of arrears of Social Welfare contributions 222-224 par 45


Salaries, Wages and Allowances 262


Social Assistance Allowance 267


Social Assistance and Social Insurance 232-234 par 55


Social Insurance Fund, post-dated cheques 239-241


Unemployment Assistance 265-266


State Laboratory


Functions 21-22


Stationery Office


Consultancy services 61


Printing company — termination of contracts 59-60


Superannuation and Retired Allowances


Appropriations-in-Aid 307


Ex-gratia Pensions for Widows and Children of Civil Servants, Members of Judiciary and Court Officers 305


Payments under Contributory Pensions Schemes for Widows and Children of Civil Servants, members of


Judiciary and Court Officers 305


Pension schemes for Widows and Children of Public Servants 304 par 11


Pensions to Resigned and Dismissed Royal Irish Constabulary, including widows 306


Superannuation Allowances, Compensation Allowances, Pensions and certain Children’s Allowances 305


Taoiseach, Department of


Information and public Relations Services 69-71


Pearse Commemoration Projects 72-73


Post Office Services 74


Travelling and Incidental Expenses 74-75


Toibin, Mr. L.


Roinn na Gaeltachta 598-602


Tourism and Transport


Consultancy Services 92


Flexi-time and Photo Copying equipment 93-95


Grants for Harbours 96-97


Grants to Coras Iompair Éireann 98


Investment Grants for Ships 101


State Airports 99-100


Valuation and Ordnance Survey


Appropriations-in-Aid 188 par 54


Computer activity, curtailment 186-187


Staffing 183-185


Vocational Education


Annual Grants to Vocational Education Committees 482-487


Audit of Accounts 483-487


Appropriations-in-Aid, contributions from EEC 490, EEC Social Fund 491-493


Grants under Section 109 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 489


Training of Teachers 488


Ward, Mr. A.


Courts Page 208 (no question)


Garda Siochana 506-514 par 62


Land Registry and Registry of Deeds 519


Minute of Minister for Finance 499-500 par 49


Office of Minister for Justice 501-505 Prisons 515-518


Whelan, Dr. N.


An Chomhairle Ealaoin 76-77


Department of the Taoiseach 69-75


Economic Planning and Development 78-91