Appropriation Act, 1924

Appropriation Act, 1924 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 1924 Appropriation Act, 1924 Appropriation Act, 1924 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 34 of 1924. APPROPRIATION ACT, 1924. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Grants out of Central Fund. Section 1. Issue of £20,964,541 out of the Central Fund. 2. Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow. 3. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services. 4. Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated. 5. Short title. ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS SCHEDULE (A) SCHEDULE (B) Number 34 of 1924. APPROPRIATION ACT, 1924. AN ACT TO APPLY A 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 TWENTY-FIVE, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE FURTHER SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS. [30th July, 1924.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Grants out of the Central Fund. Issue of £20,964,541 out of the Central Fund. 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 twenty-five, the sum of twenty million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-one pounds. Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow. 2.— (1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance on the credit of the said sum any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole twenty million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-one 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. 3.—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 thirty-two million, two hundred and twelve thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Act mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed hereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed hereto, with the notes (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. In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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. Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated. 4.—A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be made in pursuance of this Act for non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Minister for Finance before one of the persons prescribed by such warrant: Provided that whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter the Minister for Finance may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter. Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. Short title. 5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1924. ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. ____ SCHEDULE (A). Grants out of the Central Fund £32,212,893 ____ SCHEDULE (B). Appropriation of Grants. Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid £ £ 1923–24 (Supplementary) 338,832 72,805 1924–25 31,874,061 595,216 SCHEDULE (A). For the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1924:— £ Under Act No. 8 of 1924 (Central Fund Act) 338,832 For the service of the year ending on 31st March, 1925:— Under Act No. 8 of 1924 (Central Fund Act 10,909,520 Under this Act 20,964,541 ___________ Total £32,212,893 SCHEDULE (B), 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, 1924:— Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid (1) (2) (3) (4) No. £ £ 3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the President and Office of the Executive Council 7,280 — 5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Finance 3,000 — 9 For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 1,600 — 10 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. IV., c. 33, ss. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 89, ss. 1 & 2; 9 & 10 Vict. c. 86, ss. 2, 7 & 9; 10 Vict. c. 32, s. 3; 33 & 34 Vict. c. 46, s. 42; 40 & 41 Vict. c. 27; 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 31; 59 & 60 Vict. c. 34, etc.) 9,300 — 11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for maintenance of Drainage Works on the River Shannon, and sundry Grants-in-Aid 60,000 — 12 For Payments under the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Railways 510 — 16 For Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of the 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Ministry of Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and sundry repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government 10 — 22 For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, and under the Electoral Act, 1923 10 — 29 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various County Court Officers; Bonus to Chairmen of Quarter Sessions and Recorders and to Clerks of the Crown and Peace and the Expenses of Revision 10 — 30 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 5,107 50 49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission; and the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Settlement Department 194,370 45,595 53 For Grants-in-Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908 , and the Land Act, 1923 2,000 — 55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, including Umpire and Courts of Referees; Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and to special schemes; Payments to Associations under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, for advances to Workpeople under the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909; Fees and Expenses of Medical Referees under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906; Fees to certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901; Fees and Expenses under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909 to 1918; Fees and Expenses under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920 ; also Expenses in connection with the International Labour Organisation (League of Nations), including a Grant-in-Aid 5,650 — 58 For the Cost of the Army 10 — 61 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Fisheries, and to provide for the administration of schemes in connection with Rural Industries in Congested Districts 23,265 27,160 63 For the Expenses of the League of Nations and other Expenses in connection therewith 3,250 — 64 For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities, under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 , and for sundry Contributions in respect of the administration thereof 10,000 — 65 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission 1,650 — 66 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 810 — 67 For payment of Grants to Schools in Northern Ireland 11,000 — Total         £ 338,832 72,805 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 of the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1925:— Sums not exceeding Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid (1) (2) (3) (4) No. £ £ 1 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Governor-General's Establishment 8,208 — 2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas 117,130 — 3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the President and Department of the Executive Council. 13,675 — 4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Comptroller and Auditor-General 18,687 — 5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Finance including the Paymaster-General's Office 49,095 — 6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Revenue Department 640,890 4,760 7 For the payment of Old Age Pensions, under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, for certain administrative expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920 2,919,200 500 8 For Capital for the Local Loans Fund and to make repayment to the British Government in respect of Local Loans outstanding 985,927 — 9 For Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 23,251 — 10 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works 89,189 8,650 11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for maintenance of Drainage Works on the River Shannon and for sundry Grants-in-Aid 636,179 l6,050 12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 6,683 — 13 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission 5,420 — 14 For Payments in respect of destruction and injuries to property during the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive, under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 , as amended, and otherwise 7,333,000 — 15 For Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death 907,250 — 16 For Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Ministry of Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and sundry repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government 1,717,365 — 17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property 118,500 — 18 For Secret Service 35,000 — 19 For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress 250,000 — 20 For an advance to the Tailteann Council in respect of Aonach Tailteann 7,500 21 For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, and the Electoral Act, 1923 41,000 — 22 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery of Ireland 4,361 — 23 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid 8,200 — 24 For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding and Printed Books for the Public Service, and for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office, and for sundry miscellaneous services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates 187,029 35,696 25 For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey, including Estate Duty Valuation under the Finance Act, 1910 34,737 8,195 26 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests 2,987 48 27 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for sundry contributions and Grants in respect of the cost of Benefit and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts (1911-23), including certain Grants-in-Aid 278,799 1,000 28 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various County Court Officers; Bonus to Chairmen of Quarter Sessions, and Recorders and to Clerks of the Crown and Peace, and Expenses of Revision 74,283 4,500 29 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 67,465 250 30 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 15,000 — 31 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Justice 36,738 — 32 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána 1,167,899 11,574 33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioner of Police, the Police Courts, and Metropolitan Police Establishment of Dublin 343,983 61,221 34 For the Expenses of the General Prisons Board and of the Establishments under their control, the Registration of Habitual Criminals, and the maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals 184,885 2,500 35 For the Salaries and Expenses of District Justices 41,525 — 36 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court of Judicature and of the Registry of Deeds as are not charged on the Central Fund 132,863 2,305 37 For the Expenses of the maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in Dundrum Asylum 15,743 3,740 38 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin 7,176 — 39 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Local Government and Public Health including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities and sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums 828,365 3,744 40 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Registrar-General of Births, etc. 18,811 1,400 41 For Charges connected with Hospitals and Infirmaries and certain Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 16,738 — 42 For the Expenses of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention 98,644 1,700 43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Lands and Agriculture and of certain services administered by that Department, including sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Salaries and Expenses in connection with Technical Instruction, from 1st April, 1924, to 1st June, 1924 261,432 31,542 44 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin and of the Geological Survey of Ireland and annual grants to Schools and Classes of Science and Art, including sundry Grants-in-Aid administered by the Department of Education and certain expenses in connection with Technical Instruction from 1st April, 1924, to 1st June, 1924 73,216 3,547 45 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of minor services connected therewith 54,301 1,780 46 For a Grant-in-Aid of the Forestry Fund 22,823 — 47 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission 596,604 75,833 48 For the Expenses of the Department of National Education, including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers Pension Fund 3,650,679 750 49 For Intermediate Education, including the Teachers Salaries Grant 169,750 390 50 For Grants-in-Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908 , and the Land Act, 1923 107,800 — 51 For the Salary of the Secretary, including bonus and the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners for managing certain School Endowments in Ireland 986 — 52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Industry and Commerce, including Umpire and Courts of Referees; Contributions to the Unemployment Fund, and to Special Schemes; Payments to Associations under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, for Advances to Workpeople under the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909; Fees and Expenses of Medical Referees under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906; Fees to certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901; Fees and Expenses under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909, to 1918; Fees and Expenses under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920 , and the Weights and Measures Act, 1889; also Expenses in connection with the International Labour Organisation (League of Nations), including a Grant-in-Aid 329,676 100,000 53 For payments under the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Railways 77,977 — 54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service 11,650 2,250 55 For the Cost of the Army 3,927,145 21,500 56 For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 , and for sundry contributions in respect of the Administration thereof 112,500 — 57 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs 2,666,960 98,385 58 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of External Affairs 46,249 — 59 For a Grant-in-aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations and for other Expenses in connection therewith 9,175 — 60 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Fisheries 56,318 35,850 61 For the Salaries and Expenses connected with Technical Instruction 209,440 55,570 Total         £ 31,874,061 595,216 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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