Science Board 1982 allocation and VAT
The Board received £3,016,800 in 1982; it could not provide VAT totals because most relevant expenditure was made by aided institutions.
asked the Taoiseach the amount of money allocated to the National Board for Science and Technology for research and development during 1982; and the amount which reverted to the Exchequer as a result of VAT on items on which the money was spent.
Comment on this
The total grant-in-aid for 1982 for the National Board for Science and Technology was £3,016,800. The bulk of the grant-in-aid was spent on remuneration, either directly by the board, or by institutions aided by the board. The expenditure on goods and services attracting VAT was incurred mainly by the many institutions aided by the board and the particulars of the VAT payments involved are not available to the board.