§ Mr. KEATINGasked the Chief Secretary if he will give particulars of the deductions from the Local Taxation Account for the county Kilkenny for the years ending 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913 (March), showing the amounts deducted from each of the local authorities and the reasons for the deductions in each case; and whether any refund of the deductions has ever been made; and, if so, to what local authority?
§ Mr. BIRRELLsubmitted the following statement for each of the under-mentioned years ended 31st March, showing the deductions, or abatements, made from the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in respect of (I.) expenditure incurred for medical and educational purposes in unions; (II.) the salaries paid to sanitary officers in rural and urban districts in county Kilkenny, pursuant to Section 58 (2) (a) (b), respectively, of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, as amended by Section 6 (1) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902; and (III.) the cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics.
Note.—These abatements were made owing to the insufficiency of the amount paid under Section 58 of the Act of 1898 to the Local Taxation Account in each of the years in which an abatement was made to meet the sums payable thereout in the same period under the Section, as amended by the Act of 1902.
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II.—Salaries paid to sanitary officers in Rural and Urban Districts. Names of Rural and Urban Districts. Year ended 31st March. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. Rural— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Callan … … Nil. Nil. 5 14 4 3 1 0 3 6 7 Carrick-on-Suir, No. 3 … Nil. Nil. 3 9 0 1 16 10 2 0 2 Castlecomer … … Nil. Nil. 8 10 8 4 11 1 4 19 5 Ida … … Nil. Nil. 2 12 10 1 8 2 1 10 9 Kilkenny … … Nil. Nil. 16 12 0 9 0 5 9 17 7 Thomastown … … Nil. Nil. 12 8 7 6 12 7 7 4 9 Urlingford, No. 1 … … Nil. Nil. 6 9 5 3 17 5 4 4 7 Waterford No. 2 … … Nil. Nil. 7 11 4 4 0 9 4 8 2 Urban— Kilkenny … … Nil. Nil. 14 17 2 7 18 6 8 13 1
III. Deductions from sums payable to the County Council of Kilkenny from the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in aid of the cost of maintenance of Pauper Lunatics. Year. Amount Deducted. £ s. d. 1908–9 … … … … Nil. 1909–10 … … … … Nil. 1910–11 … … … … 596 13 10 1911–12 … … … … 613 12 9 1912–13 … … … … 466 16 4
IV. Statement showing net amounts deducted from, or added to, the shares of the local bodies in County Kilkenny in the Estate or Death Duty Grant, in each of the undermentioned years ended 31st March, in respect of land purchase liability in the County. Local Bodies. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. Net Deductions. Net Additions. Net Deductions. Net Additions. Net Deductions. Unions— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Callan, part of … 210 6 9 21 6 9 13 6 9 16 18 9 33 7 8 Carrick-on-Suir, part of … 100 12 9 10 4 2 6 7 10 8 2 4 16 0 7 Castlecomer … 295 11 3 29 18 3 18 14 7 23 16 9 46 18 3 Kilkenny … 562 2 2 56 19 5 35 13 6 45 6 2 89 5 3 New Ross, part of … 70 14 4 7 2 11 4 10 0 5 13 9 11 3 6 Thomastown … 278 6 9 28 3 7 17 13 5 22 9 11 44 5 4 Urlingford, part of … 160 9 6 16 4 8 10 3 5 12 18 2 25 8 10 Waterford, part of … 223 0 7 22 19 5 14 6 9 18 3 0 35 14 8 Road Authorities— Kilkenny County Council. 1,349 1 3 136 12 1 85 10 5 108 14 1 213 19 5 Kilkenny Urban District Council 32 12 9 3 5 4 2 1 1 2 12 5 5 2 11 No refund has been made in respect of the abatements referred to in Tables I., II., and III. It will, however, be seen from Table IV. that in the years 1910 and 1912 the repayment of sums deducted in respect of arrears of annuities in previous years caused a net addition to the amount of the Estate or Death Duty Grant payable to county Kilkenny.
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§ Mr. O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary what amounts have been contributed to the Kerry County Council out of the Local Taxation Account in respect of the Tralee and Dingle Railway each year from 1900 to 1913; and what was the annual deficit for each of those years in respect of which these contributions were made?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLThe following statement shows the amounts paid out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account to the county council of Kerry in respect of the Tralee and Dingle Railway in each financial year from 1900–1 to 1912–13:—
Year. Amount of Claim. Amount Paid. Deficit. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1900–1 … 2,206 12 2 2,206 12 2 — 1901–2 … 2,471 9 9 2,471 9 9 — 1902–3 … 1,946 4 11 1,946 4 11 — 1903–4 … 2,477 15 4 2,477 15 4 — 1904–5 … 2,324 7 2 2,324 7 2 — 1905–6 … 2,594 14 9 2,594 14 9 — 1906–7 … 3,347 10 11 3,347 10 11 — 1907–8 … 2,029 4 11 2,029 4 11 — 1908–9 … 986 14 9 986 14 9 — 1909–10 … 1,600 15 7 1,600 15 7 — 1910–11 … 1,166 4 4 1,010 15 2 155 9 2 1911–12 … 1,139 13 10 983 9 1 156 4 9 1912–13 … 1,320 19 5 1,185 11 8 135 7 9