asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state, in respect of the year 1955-56 and the present financial year to date, the amount of the expenditure under each of the items A to L on sub-head M. (9) of Vote No. 27.

As the answer is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.

Following are the figures:—