On the recommendation of the Minister for External Affairs, it was decided that the Minister should be authorized

1. to make the additions shewn in the annexed Schedule¹ to the staff of the Department of External Affairs; and
2. to arrange for the introduction in Dáil Éireann of a Supplementary Estimate in respect of the current financial year for the purpose of providing for
   • the additional staff referred to above, on the basis of a sum not exceeding £32,925 for a full year; and
   • the sum of £5,000 in respect of incidental expenses, printing, postage, stationery, telegrams and telephones.