HC Deb 07 May 1914 vol 62 cc451-2W
Mr. FRANCIS MEEHAN

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the amount certified by the auditor as payable to the county council of Leitrim in respect of the Capitation Grant for lunatics for the years 1911, 1912, and 1913, respectively, and the amount paid in each of those years; and the amount disallowed for each year, and cause of disallowing?

Mr. BIRRELL

The following statement shows the amounts certified as payable to the county council of Leitrim and the amounts actually paid for the years 1911, 1912, and 1913, in respect of the maintenance of pauper lunatics—

Year. Amount Certified as Payable by the Auditor. Amount paid. Deficit
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
For the year ended 31st March, 1911, but paid in financial year, 1911–2 3,087 6 0 2,664 8 2 422 17 10
For the year ended 31st March, 1912, but paid in financial year, 1912–3 3,162 13 4 2,838 10 6 324 2 10
For the year ended 31st March, 1913, but paid in financial year, 1913–4 3,203 1 11 2,845 15 9 357 6 2

The deficit in the payments for these years was due to the insufficiency of income of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account under Section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, and the consequent abatement of payments therefrom pursuant to Sub-section (5) of the Section quoted.

Mr. MEEHAN

asked the amount levied by the Leitrim County Council in respect of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway rate for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, respectively, and the amount per £ as levied each year on the counties Cavan and Leitrim, respectively, of the same rate; and the amount of Capitation Grant contributed each year towards the reduction of the said railway rate?

Mr. BIRRELL

According to the abstracts of the council's accounts the amount of rates levied by the council of of county Leitrim in respect of the guarantee for the Cavan and Leitrim Railway and the amount of Grants received by them in respect of the guarantee are as under:—

Year ended 31St March. Amount of Rates Levied. Amount of Grand Received.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1910 … … 3,202 6 7 4,495 14 9
1911 … … 3,203 15 6 4,407 9 6
1912 … … 3,747 12 7 4,163 14 2
1913 … … 4,810 5 10 4,284 13 9

According to the notices of the rates made, the rates in the £ levied on the portions of the counties Cavan and Leitrim taxable for this railway guarantee for these years were as under:—

Year Ended 31st March.
County. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Cavan … 0 4 0 6 0 6 0 6
Leitrim … 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 6