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Appropriation Act 2003

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This law, the Appropriation Act 2003, formally approves how the Irish government can spend money for public services for the year ending December 31, 2003, and addresses certain financial resolutions.

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Appropriation Act 2003 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 2003 Appropriation Act 2003 Appropriation Act 2003 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 Open PDFOscail PDF Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 42 of 2003 APPROPRIATION ACT 2003 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Appropriation of Grants Section 1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000. Miscellaneous 2. Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003. 3. Short title. SCHEDULE Acts Referred to Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 1965, No. 26 Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 1927, No. 7 Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891 54 & 55 Vict., c. 24 Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963 Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976 1976, No. 22 Number 42 of 2003 APPROPRIATION ACT 2003 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT 1965 AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 3 DECEMBER 2003. [19th December, 2003] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Appropriation of Grants Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000. 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 thirtyone thousand and forty million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2003 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule to this Act. (2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1) 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 to this Act, the sums respectively set out in column (4) of that Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of two thousand, six hundred and twenty-five million, one hundred and twenty-six thousand euro. Miscellaneous Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003. 2.—(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003 and referred to in subsection (2) of this section may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 be enacted in the year 2004. (2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows: (a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to an increase in the farmers flat rate and the livestock rate of Value-Added Tax); (b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to an anti-avoidance measure regarding the reduced rate of Value-Added Tax on sites, when houses and sites are sold together); (c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to excise duties on road diesel and petrol); (d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to excise duties on tobacco). Short title. 3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2003. SCHEDULE 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 31 December 2003. 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, for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment and for certain grants     ... 2,009,000 2 For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid, and for certain expenses in connection with the European Parliament     ...     ...     ...     ...     ... 81,387,000 408,000 3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ... 25,808,000 50,000 4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office     ...     ...     ... 34,277,000 1,532,000 5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 7,015,000 3,399,000 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 and grants-in-aid 114,324,000 134,000 7 For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963 and the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976 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; fees to Pensions Board; payments in respect of Pensions Benefit System; miscellaneous payments, etc.     ...     ... 203,265,000 31,607,000 8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Appeal Commissioners     ...     ... 561,000 9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office     ...     ...     ...     ...     ... 308,611,000 31,975,000 10 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency, and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief     ...     ... 405,707,000 21,125,000 11 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory     ...     ...     ...     ...     ... 6,613,000 100,000 12 For Secret Service     ...     ...     ... 831,000 13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid     ...     ...     ...     ... 13,949,000 13,000 14 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions     ... 29,393,000 15,000 15 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office and certain minor services     ... 9,215,000 1,466,000 16 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission     ...     ... 11,408,000 200,000 17 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Office of the Information Commissioner     ... 5,038,000 18 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor     ...     ... 30,396,000 190,000 19 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and of certain other services, including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ...     ...     ...     ... 325,516,000 14,001,000 20 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     ...     ...     ... 963,785,000 33,556,000 21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, probation and welfare staff and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; for probation and welfare services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid     ...     ... 337,268,000 1,325,000 22 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Court Service and of the Supreme Court, 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 72,582,000 20,948,000 23 For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds     ... 32,150,000 24 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office     ... 413,000 25 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants     ...     ...     ... 2,311,624,000 29,887,000 26 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Science, for certain services administered by that Office, and for payments of certain grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ... 3,200,097,000 84,295,000 27 For First-Level Education     ...     ... 933,368,000 28,089,000 28 For Second-Level and Further Education 933,684,000 27,398,000 29 For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid in respect of Third-Level and Further Education     ...     ...     ... 647,832,000 2,000 30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid     ...     ... 301,765,000 241,390,000 31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food, including certain services administered by that Office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants, subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes     ...     ... 835,547,000 410,237,000 32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid and certain other services 2,029,347,000 22,298,000 33 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to Health Boards and miscellaneous grants     ... 7,981,024,000 1,329,300,000 34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes 1,086,654,000 119,572,000 35 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid 346,974,000 10,272,000 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-in-aid     ...     ...     ... 722,491,000 8,054,000 37 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     ...     ... 147,869,000 5,200,000 38 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants-in-aid and contributions to International Organisations 178,825,000 800,000 39 For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance     ...     ...     ...     ... 374,009,000 127,000 40 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, and for certain grants including a grant-in-aid     ...     ... 5,612,889,000 131,040,000 41 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including grants-in-aid 8,436,000 1,000 42 Le haghaidh thuarastail agus chostais Oifig an Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, agus le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe atá faoi riaradh na hOifige sin, lena n-áirítear deontais áirithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair     ...     ...     ... 266,942,000 15,120,000 43 For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon     ...     ...     ...     ... 44,101,000 44 For the settlement of an equal pay claim 36,000,000 Total of Schedule     ...     ... 31,040,999,000 2,625,126,000 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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