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Number 35 of 1974
APPROPRIATION ACT, 1974
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Issue of £7,664 out of the Central Fund for the year 1971-72.
2.
Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £738,706,804.
3.
Short title.
SCHEDULE
Part I
EXCESS FOR YEAR 1971-72
Part II
Part III
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Acts Referred to
Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965
1965, No. 26
Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891
1891, c. 24
Number 35 of 1974
APPROPRIATION ACT, 1974
AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 31st DAY OF MARCH, 1972, AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE
CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965
, AND THIS ACT. [28th December, 1974]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Grant out of the Central Fund
Issue of £7,664 out of the Central Fund for the year 1971-72.
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 ended on the 31st day of March, 1972, the sum of seven thousand, six hundred and sixty-four pounds.
Appropriation of Grants
Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £738,706,804.
2.—(1) The sums granted by the
Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965
, and this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of seven hundred and thirty-eight million, seven hundred and six thousand, eight hundred and four pounds and comprising the sum of seven thousand, six hundred and sixty-four pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1972, the sum of twenty-seven million, four hundred and twenty-three thousand, five hundred and ninety pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1974, and the sum of seven hundred and eleven million, two hundred and seventy-five thousand five hundred and fifty pounds for the service of the period from the 1st day of April, 1974, to the 31st day of December, 1974, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule annexed hereto.
(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 the Schedule 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 seventy-eight million, nine hundred and seventy-four thousand, two hundred and five pounds.
Short title.
3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1974.
SCHEDULE
Part I
EXCESS FOR YEAR 1971-72
Sums not exceeding
Supply Grant
Appropriations-in-Aid
£
£
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Land Registry and Registry of Deeds for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1972
7,664
—
Part II
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, 1974.
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 to the President, and for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment, including a grant-in-aid
5,000
—
2
For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid
105,000
—
3
For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach
10
—
6
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
10
—
8
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for expenditure in respect of public buildings; for the maintenance of certain parks and public works; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
755,000
345,000
10
For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission
20,000
1,000
15
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges
77,000
—
16
For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid
75,000
—
19
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
10
32,990
20
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.
65,000
—
21
For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force; for the payment of certain witnesses' expenses; and for payment of a grant-in-aid
4,332,000
—
22
For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals; and for welfare services
10
—
26
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 schemes and grants, including a grant-in-aid
32,000
—
27
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid
129,000
—
28
For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.
1,502,000
90,000
31
For expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention
45,000
—
32
For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
2,106,000
—
33
For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid
6,500
—
36
Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair
10
—
37
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid
7,547,000
3,296,000
40
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 sundry grants-in-aid
10
100,000
41
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport and Power, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid
10
—
42
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and of certain other services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
1,700,000
5,810,000
44
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 for sundry grants
50,000
35,000
45
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including certain grants-in-aid
254,000
2,000
46
For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Development Aid (including a grant-in-aid) and the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe; and for other expenses in connection therewith
367,000
—
48
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 Health Boards, miscellaneous grants and certain grants-in-aid
7,891,010
—
49
To recoup the Receiver of Galway Textile Printers Limited in respect of trading losses of the Company
360,000
—
50
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service
10
—
Total of Part II
27,423,590
9,711,990
Part III
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 period from the 1st day of April, 1974, to the 31st day of December, 1974.
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 to the President, and for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment
32,000
—
For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid
1,172,000
—
3
For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach
157,000
—
4
For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office
818,000
40,000
5
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
128,000
24,700
6
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
2,203,000
2,000
7
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service and for payment of a grant-in-aid
958,000
87,500
8
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that office
10,928,000
506,000
9
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for expenditure in respect of public buildings; for the maintenance of certain parks and public works; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of a grant-in-aid
18,041,000
2,300,000
10
For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory
115,000
1,150
11
For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission
185,000
246,000
12
For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon
113,000
—
13
For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for the Public Service; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; etc.
4,168,000
827,000
14
For Secret Service
14,000
—
15
For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land
23,287,000
—
16
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges
549,000
4,140
17
For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid
609,500
—
18
For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office Supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes
1,887,010
308,000
19
For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services
744,000
78,700
20
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
1,691,000
256,000
21
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.
836,000
775
22
For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force; for the payment of certain witnesses' expenses; and for payment of a grant-in-aid
29,057,000
1,100,350
23
For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals; and for welfare services
3,514,000
40,000
24
For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund
1,198,000
75,000
25
For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds
618,000
—
26
For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office
20,000
83
27
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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid
37,970,010
495,500
28
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid
9,800,010
41,100
29
For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.
38,859,000
309,500
30
For Secondary Education
29,020,000
332,610
31
For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid
16,166,000
707,900
32
For expenses in connection with Residential Homes and Special Schools
632,000
1,000
33
For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
15,618,000
12,000
34
For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid
101,000
1,000
35
For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission, including a grant-in-aid
5,357,000
460,530
36
For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
6,010,000
1,650,000
37
Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair
3,900,000
10
38
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid
52,675,000
18,559,757
39
For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid
3,355,000
10,800
40
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Labour, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
4,575,000
27,600
41
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 sundry grants-in-aid
27,989,010
1,070,110
42
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport and Power, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid
25,629,000
1,539,960
43
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and of certain other services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
50,219,000
27,816,010
44
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-in-aid
30,304,000
560,000
45
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 for sundry grants
6,420,000
74,530
46
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including certain grants-in-aid
2,501,000
20,000
47
For contributions to International Organisations and for Official Development Assistance, including a grant-in-aid
980,010
—
48
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for sundry grants
121,475,000
4,160,000
49
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 Health Boards and miscellaneous grants, and for payment of a grant-in-aid..
101,378,000
5,514,900
50
For certain Remuneration
16,550,000
—
51
For payment of increases in pensions, allowances and retired pay in respect of public service and for certain improvements in relation to the award of superannuation allowances, compensation allowances, pensions, additional allowances and gratuities
750,000
—
Total of Part III £
711,275,550
69,262,215
Total of Schedule £
738,706,804
78,974,205
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