§ 99. Captain C. CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the amount of money expended on the medical and dental inspection and treatment of Irish national school children for each of the years for which a Vote for that purpose has been given, and the amount of the Vote which has been returned each year to the Exchequer because local equivalents cannot be raised in Ireland?
§ Mr. SAMUELSThe following statement shows the amount provided in the Vote for Public Education, Ireland, for the medical inspection of national school children and services auxiliary thereto, and the amount actually paid by the Commissioners of National Education as Grants in respect of that service during the financial year 1912–13 (in which money for the purpose was first voted by Parliament) and each subsequent year.
Year ended | Provision in Vote for Public Education, Ireland | .Expenditure. | |||
£ | £ | s. | d. | ||
31–3–1913 | … | 7,500 | 263 | 2 | 6 |
31–3–1914 | … | 5,000 | 498 | 7 | 3 |
31–3–1915. | … | 3,000 | 801 | 2 | 8 |
31–3–1916 | … | 2,000 | 548 | 15 | 4 |
31–3–1917 | … | 1,500 | 612 | 8 | 7 |
31–3–1918 | … | 1,000 | 647 | 4 | 10 |
31–3–1919 | … | 1,500 | 498 | 7 | 10 |