Appropriation Act 2015

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Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €43,133,538,000 2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €111,768,000 3. Repayable advances from the Central Fund 4. Short title SCHEDULE 1 Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services SCHEDULE 2 Deferred Surrender Relation to Capital Supply Services Acts Referred to Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 (No. 26) Finance Act 2004 (No. 8) Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 24) Social Welfare Acts Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 Number 48 of 2015 APPROPRIATION ACT 2015 An Act to appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 , to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund. [16 th December, 2015] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €43,133,538,000 1. (1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of forty-three thousand, one hundred and thirty-three million, five hundred and thirty-eight thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2015 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1 . (2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), there may be applied out of any money directed under section 2 of the Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 24) to be applied as appropriations-in-aid of the grants for the services and purposes specified in Schedule 1 , the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of three thousand one hundred and fifty-eight million, one hundred and fifty-four thousand euro. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €111,768,000 2. For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1 , there are set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2016, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and eleven million, seven hundred and sixty eight thousand euro. Repayable advances from the Central Fund 3. (1) The Minister for Finance may, following a request from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s Supply Account, having regard to the sums payable from that Account, put in place funding arrangements to— (a) facilitate electronic funds transfers in respect of certain payments due on the 1st and the 4th day of January 2016, and (b) facilitate certain payments, under the Social Welfare Acts, made on an agency basis by An Post payable between the 4th and the 8th day of January 2016. (2) Amounts required by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1), which in aggregate shall not exceed €90 million, shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof. (3) Any sums so advanced shall be repaid from the Paymaster General’s Supply Account to the Central Fund in January 2016. Short title 4. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2015. SCHEDULE 1 Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services Section 1 Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as appropriations-in-aid in addition to the sums granted, to defray the charges for the Public Services mentioned in column (2) to this Schedule which come in course of payment during the year ending 31 December 2015. Sums not exceeding Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-aid (1) (2) (3) (4) € € 1 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President’s Establishment and for certain grants 3,444,000 106,000 2 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants 27,022,000 870,000 3 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including a grant 15,030,000 815,000 4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office 52,836,000 1,889,000 5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 37,834,000 1,005,000 6 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor 28,466,000 1,860,000 7 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General’s Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants 30,618,000 1,350,000 8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 6,682,000 5,875,000 9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office 329,481,000 76,156,000 10 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Appeal Commissioners 775,000 48,000 11 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants 40,610,000 3,880,000 12 For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; fees to Pensions Board; miscellaneous payments; etc. 386,770,000 124,230,000 13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure 369,848,000 27,526,000 14 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory 8,049,000 851,000 15 For Secret Service 1,000,000 16 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office and certain minor services 9,145,000 1,249,000 17 For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service 8,584,000 321,000 18 For the salaries and expenses of Shared Services 39,033,000 4,860,000 19 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information 8,738,000 402,000 20 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants 1,383,473,000 128,474,000 21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; for probation services; and for payment of certain grants 316,540,000 15,642,000 22 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court and of certain other minor services as are not charged to the Central Fund 60,150,000 47,815,000 23 For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority 30,311,000 976,000 24 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants 311,126,000 61,966,000 25 For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and for payment of certain grants 6,190,000 144,000 26 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants 8,187,125,000 561,152,000 27 For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith 475,473,000 1,150,000 28 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and for certain services administered by that office, including grants and contributions to International Organisations 164,958,000 45,048,000 29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that office, and for payment of certain grants, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes 173,134,000 245,417,000 30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants, subsidies and sundry grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island 876,579,000 430,489,000 31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, including certain services administered by that office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services 1,315,932,000 410,756,000 32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, including certain services administered by that office, for the payment of certain subsidies, and grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes 790,412,000 49,774,000 33 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, including certain services administered by that office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants 272,829,000 4,605,000 34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants 1,281,399,000 47,558,000 35 For retired pay, pensions, compensation, allowances and gratuities payable under sundry statutes to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces and certain other Military Organisations, etc., and for sundry contributions and expenses in connection therewith; for certain extra-statutory children’s allowances and other payments and for sundry grants 222,090,000 5,400,000 36 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Defence, including certain services administered by that office; for the pay and expenses of the Defence Forces; and for payment of certain grants 639,404,000 37,887,000 37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Protection, for certain services administered by that office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund and for certain grants 11,367,263,000 264,375,000 38 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that office, including grants to the Health Service Executive and miscellaneous grants 12,821,200,000 520,721,000 39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement 18,974,000 500,000 40 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, for certain services administered by that office and for the payment of grants including certain grants under cash-limited schemes 1,015,011,000 25,012,000 Total of Schedule 1 43,133,538,000 3,158,154,000 SCHEDULE 2 Deferred Surrender Relation to Capital Supply Services Section 2 Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may determine by order under section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , will be available for application towards making good supply in the year ended 31 December 2016 for the capital supply services and purposes in the Votes and corresponding Titles mentioned in columns (1) and (2). Vote No. Title Sums for which surrender is deferred. (1) (2) (3) € 7 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General’s Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants 115,000 9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that office 2,000,000 13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure 7,000,000 18 For the salaries and expenses of Shared Services 1,248,000 20 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants 6,644,000 28 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and for certain services administered by that office, including grants and contributions to International Organisations 475,000 29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that office, and for payment of certain grants, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes 5,250,000 30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants, subsidies and sundry grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island 12,000,000 31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, including certain services administered by that office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services 16,100,000 32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, including certain services administered by that office, for the payment of certain subsidies and grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes 10,000,000 33 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, including certain services administered by that office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants 6,158,000 34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants 41,078,000 39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement 200,000 40 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, for certain services administered by that office and for the payment of grants including certain grants under cash-limited schemes 3,500,000 Total of Schedule 2 111,768,000 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. 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