Appropriation Act, 1956

Appropriation Act, 1956 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.ie) Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile Reachtaíocht Achtanna an Oireachtais Ionstraimí Reachtúla Reachtaíocht Réamh-1922 Bunreacht Acmhainní Seachtracha Billí (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris Oifigiúil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An Coimisiún um Athchóiriú an Dlí) Liosta Rangaithe Reachtaíochta Aistriúcháin (achtanna.ie) Aistriúcháin (Tithe an Oireachtais) Foilseacháin Rialtais ar Díol Dlí AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(s) or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1956 Appropriation Act, 1956 Appropriation Act, 1956 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 32 of 1956. APPROPRIATION ACT, 1956. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND. Section 1. Issue of £73,093,280 out of the Central Fund for the year 1956-57. 2. Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,093,280. APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS. 3. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £114,797,738. 4. Short title. ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES A AND B TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. Schedule A. Schedule B. Number 32 of 1956. APPROPRIATION ACT, 1956. AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1956, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [3rd August, 1956.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Grants out of the Central Fund. Issue of £73,093,280 out of the Central Fund for the year 1956-57. 1.—The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Central Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, the sum of seventy-three million, ninety-three thousand, two hundred and eighty pounds. Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,093,280. 2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole seventy-three million, ninety-three thousand, two hundred and eighty pounds, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise, as he thinks fit. (2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof. (3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available. Appropriation of Grants. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £114,797,738. 3.—(1) All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule A annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand, seven hundred and thirty-eight pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule A for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule B annexed thereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the note (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof. (2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing subsection of this section, there may be applied out of any money directed under section 2 of the Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891, to be applied as appropriations-in-aid of the grants for the services and purposes specified in Schedule B annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby in the aggregate to the sum of six million, six hundred and nineteen thousand, seven hundred and nine pounds. Short title. 4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1956. Abstract of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers. Schedule A. GRANTS. Grants out of Central Fund £114,797,738 0 0 Schedule B. APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS. Year Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid £ s. d. £ s. d. 1955–56 (Supplementary) 5,504,458 0 0 165,515* 0 0 1956–57 109,293,280 0 0 6,785,224 0 0 Total £ 114,797,738 0 0 6,619,709 0 0 Schedule A. GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND. £ s. d. For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1956 : Under Act No. 12 of 1956 5,504,458 0 0 For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1957 : Under Act No. 12 of 1956 36,200,000 0 0 Under this Act 73,093,280 0 0 Total £114,797,738 0 0 Schedule B. APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS. Part I. Schedule of Supplementary sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges for the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1956. Vote No. Title Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid (1) (2) (3) (4) £ £ 27 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid 34,770 217,515* 28 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid and for a payment in respect of compensation 20,500 — 40 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc. 90,000 — 43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid 9,731 — 46 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid 1,000 — 49 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants 20,000 — 50 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid 20 — 51 For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain Protective Equipment for Ships; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for the Coast Life Saving Service 344,700 10,000 54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of 1951; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office 85,000 42,000 62 For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants 844,000 — 67 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 737 — 68 For payment of certain Remuneration 1,054,000 — 69 For the National Development Fund 3,000,000 — £ 5,504,458 *165,515 Schedule B. Part II. Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges for the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1957. Vote No. Title Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid (1) (2) (3) (4) £ £ 1 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Secretary to the President, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938) 8,320 — 2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid 232,420 — 3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947) 29,520 — 4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office 174,030 200 5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (No. 1 of 1923) 37,030 6,140* 6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 174,480 1,260 7 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office 2,032,000 82,500 8 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, secs. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.) 437,500 104,600 9 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works 3,540,000 191,567 10 For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress) 705,700 25,500 11 For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks 47,670 — 12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 26,790 — 13 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924 and No. 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946) 41,630 16,090 14 For a Grant to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951) 20,000 — 15 For the Salaries and Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 11,750 — 16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1954, and sundry other Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries; etc. 954,950 119,740 17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments 339,700 10,300 18 For Secret Service 7,500 — 19 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927) 19,000 — 20 For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 36 of 1946; No. 36 of 1953; etc.) 5,000,000 — 21 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in Relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates 123,120 4,000 22 For Grants to Universities and Colleges, including certain Grants-in-Aid 667,480 — 23 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid, Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property (No. 24 of 1941) and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries 28,940 — 24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Printing and Binding, and the provision of Stationery, Paper, Books, Office Machinery and other Office Supplies for the Public Services; and for sundry Miscellaneous Purposes, including the publication and sale of Reports of Oireachtas Debates, Bills, Acts and Other Government Publications 502,710 97,105 25 For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey Office, including certain other Services administered by that Office 75,850 8,095 26 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts 68,000 7,010 27 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid 7,568,700 1,910,490 28 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 158,420 28,650 29 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, including certain other Services administered by that Office 95,530 — 30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc. (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 68; No. 25 of 1924; No. 7 of 1925; No. 10 of 1926; No. 32 of 1933; No. 5 of 1937; No. 19 of 1941; Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945; and No. 41 of 1947) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949) 4,740,940 105,171 31 For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58) 185,740 29,920 32 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; No. 21 of 1946; No. 8 of 1951; and No. 32 of 1953) and for a Capitation grant 91,940 — 33 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Temporary Additional Circuit Judges and Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.) 130,690 29,975 34 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, No. 48 of 1936, No. 25 of 1945 and No. 32 of 1953) 101,830 1,100 35 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20) 107,070 — 36 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc. 10,230 — 37 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102; and No. 18 of 1955) 5,680 38 38 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, and Miscellaneous Grants 4,721,970 56,340 39 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and for Expenses connected with the Council of Education 380,540 85 40 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc. 9,113,600 115,060 41 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund 1,820,110 53,005 42 For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1953 (No. 29 of 1930; No. 50 of 1936; No. 9 of 1944; No. 1 of 1947; No. 33 of 1950; and No. 37 of 1953), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education 1,179,510 37,176 43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid 180,160 10,691 44 For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941; and No. 6 of 1949) 196,040 5,055 45 For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940) 63,000 — 46 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid 11,320 — 47 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3. Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; No. 16 of 1950; No. 18 of 1953; and No. 21 of 1954) 2,040,900 170,481 48 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946)\, including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land 1,822,800 243,204 49 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants 383,160 350,250 50 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid 7,525,170 93,177 51 For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain Protective Equipment for Ships; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for the Coast Life Saving Service 1,736,630 53,315 52 For Aviation and Meteorological Services 420,380 487,204 53 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927, No. 13 of 1929, No. 45 of 1947 and No. 32 of 1949) 26,860 — 54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of 1951; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office 8,585,000 523,150 55 For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926), including Public Concerts 430,500 93,400 56 For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Act, 1954 (No. 18 of 1954), and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938) 7,033,450 230,000 57 For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946, Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949 and No. 23 of 1953); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949 and No. 5 of 1953); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948, No. 30 of 1950, No. 27 of 1952 and No. 4 of 1953); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc. 1,630,360 — 58 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid 457,240 5,100 59 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation and the United Nations; and for other expenses in connection therewith 102,400 — 60 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare 551,200 843,150 61 For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952) 2,146,000 — 62 For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants 18,523,000 299,000 63 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid 9,137,940 335,350 64 For the Expenses of the Maintenance, Etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945) 46,450 1,580 65 For the Salaries and Expenses of Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar gCúng 4,730 — 66 For a Grant to Bord Fáilte Eireann (No. 5 of 1955)\ 400,000 — 67 For payment of Increases in certain Pensions, etc., in respect of public service 120,000 — £ 109,293,280 6,785,224 Total of Schedule B £ 114,797,738 6,619,709 * Deficit. * Deficit. 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