HC Deb 13 December 1900 vol 88 c702
COLONEL NOLAN

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer in what manner are the moneys collected in Ireland for excise, customs, taxes, and other imposts remitted to London; whether a portion of such moneys is retained in Ireland to meet Irish expenditure, and, if so, in what manner is the balance remitted to London; and, when a portion of the money payable for customs, excise, taxes, and other imposts, from Irish sources is discharged by cheques on British banks, how are these cheques credited so as to show the total sum collected for excise, customs, taxes, and other imposts collected or collectable in Ireland.

SIR M. HICKS BEACH

The revenue collected in Ireland is paid in by the various collectors to the account of the Exchequer at the Bank of Ireland. Most, of the money is retained to meet Irish expenditure other than that on account of the Army and Navy incurred in Ireland, which for reasons of convenience is paid by the Paymaster General in London. The balance is remitted by the Bank of Ireland to the Bank of England on the requisitions of the Treasury. People paying in revenue to the collectors sometimes do so by cheques payable in, England, but all cheques, etc., are collected by the Bank of Ireland and credited to the various revenue accounts kept by that bank.