asked the Minister for Finance if he will state, in respect of the Accounts of the Public Services 1963-64, the amounts estimated to be surrendered, as usually shown in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will also give the service votes in which the principal savings occurred, and the amounts respectively of such principal savings.

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—