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Appropriation Act, 1971

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This law, the Appropriation Act, 1971, is about formally allocating specific amounts of money from the Central Fund for various public services and purposes for the financial years ending March 31, 1971, and March 31, 1972.

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Appropriation Act, 1971 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 1971 Appropriation Act, 1971 Appropriation Act, 1971 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 37 of 1971 APPROPRIATION ACT, 1971 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £535,730,450. 2. Short title. SCHEDULE Acts Referred to Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965 1965, No. 26 Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891 1891, c. 24 Number 37 of 1971 APPROPRIATION ACT, 1971 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 . [27th December, 1971.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £535,730,450. 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 five hundred and thirty-five million, seven hundred and thirty thousand, four hundred and fifty pounds and comprising the sum of thirty-four million, eight hundred and forty-eight thousand, four hundred and fifty pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1971, and the sum of five hundred million, eight hundred and eighty-two thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1972, 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 thiry-seven million, ninety-seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two pounds. Short title. 2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1971. SCHEDULE 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, 1971. Sums not exceeding Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid (1) (2) (3) (4) £ £ 2 For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid 45,000 — 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 16,000 — 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; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 636,000 46,000* 10 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 32,000 5,000 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 certain grants-in-aid 2,550,000 — 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 348,400 21.000 28 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 2,612,000 35,650* 29 For Secondary Education 410,000 — 30 For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid 448,000 — 32 For grants-in-aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 677,500 — 35 For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 657,300 50,000 36 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 7,000 — 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 10 — 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 250,000 50,000 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 10 315,000* 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 a grant-in-aid 4,300,010 1,292,000 43 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 a grant-in-aid 4,480,010 341,000* 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 268,000 — 45 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid 64,000 2,000 46 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith 10,500 — 47 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 8,730,000 144,000 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 Local Authorities, miscellaneous grants and certain grants-in-aid 6,575,000 — 49 For the expenses of the maintenance, etc., of patients in the Central Mental Hospital 43,700 — 51 For Remuneration 1,688,000 — Total of Part I                                    £ 34,848,450 826,350 * 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 31 st day of March, 1972. 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 23,000 — 2 For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid 897,000 — 3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 99,000 — 4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office 1,074,000 2,500 5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 99,200 21,000 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 2,580,000 16,500 7 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office 7,645,000 224,000 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; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 10,988,000 1,670,117 9 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory 81,700 1,800 10 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 70,000 203,000 11 For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon 80,000 — 12 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 Finance; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; etc. 3,136,000 651,000 13 For Secret Service 15,000 — 14 For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land 24,771,000 — 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 362,000 8,000 16 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid 564,400 — 17 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 1,237,000 299,800 18 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services 516,000 64,100 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 1,110,000 167,350 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. 438,000 1,775 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 17,371,000 1,075,200 22 For the expenses of prisons; St. Patrick's; Shanganagh; and the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals 1,173,000 51,100 23 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 1,014,000 76,000 24 For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds 496,500 — 25 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office 19,200 73 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 14,262,000 454,800 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 7,124,000 20,450 28 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 30,938,000 259,100 29 For Secondary Education 22,179,000 234,600 30 For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid 12,195,000 58,520 31 For expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention 649,000 1,700 32 For grants-in-aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 10,199,000 — 33 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid 84,900 1,000 34 For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission 4,161,000 318,025 35 For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 6,387,000 1,150,000 36 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 2,505,000 500 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 72,772,000 4,102,481 38 For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid 1,775,000 29,506 39 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 3,826,000 621,000 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 28,823,000 661,530 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 22,265,000 3,402,050 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 37,352,000 14,977,010 43 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 a grant-in-aid 19,175,000 830,000 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 4,299,000 33,355 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 1,533,000 14,750 46 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith 413,600 100 47 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 75,326,000 2,529,010 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 Local Authorities, miscellaneous grants and certain grants-in-aid 45,912,000 2,035,300 49 For the expenses of the maintenance, etc., of patients in the Central Mental Hospital 156,500 3,500 50 For payment of increases in certain pensions, allowances and retired pay in respect of public service and for payment of allowances to widows of military service pensioners 710,000 — Total of Part II                                    £ 500,882,000 36,271,602 Total of Schedule                                    £ 535,730,450 37,097,952 *Deficit. 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