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Number 41 of 1979
APPROPRIATION ACT, 1979
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Issue of £22,435 out of the Central Fund for the year 1977.
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS
2.
Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £2, 734, 766, 505.
3.
Short title.
SCHEDULE
Number 41 of 1979
APPROPRIATION ACT, 1979
AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1977, AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE
CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965
, AND THIS ACT. [26th December, 1979]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
GRANT OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND
Issue of £22,435 out of the Central Fund for the year 1977.
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 December, 1977, the sum of twenty-two thousand, four hundred and thirty-five pounds.
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS
Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £2,734,766,505.
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 two thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four million, seven hundred and sixty-six thousand, five hundred and five pounds and comprising the sum of twenty-two thousand, four hundred and thirty-five pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1977, and the sum of two thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four million, seven hundred and forty-four thousand and seventy pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1979, 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 two hundred and thirty-one million, nine hundred and seventy thousand, five hundred and eleven pounds.
Short title.
3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1979.
SCHEDULE
Part I
Excess for Year 1977
Sums not exceeding
Supply Grant
Appropriations-in-Aid
£
£
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Army Pensions for the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1977
22,435
154
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 31st day of December, 1979.
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
76,000
—
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 Assembly
4,076,000
—
3
For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach
607,010
—
4
For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office
4,465,000
150,000
5
For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon
2,340,000
—
6
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office
4,307,000
42,000
7
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
471,000
93,000
8
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that office
31,369,000
4,240,570
9
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for certain domestic expenses; 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
44,048,010
5,980,010
10
For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory
443,000
13,000
11
For Secret Service
28,000
—
12
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General
1,638,000
14,000
13
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
476,000
10
14
For certain Miscellaneous Expenses and for payment of a grant-in-aid
368,000
—
15
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
4,944,000
795,000
16
For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services
2,608,000
561,200
17
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
4,675,000
1,002,000
18
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service and for payment of a grant-in-aid
3,733,000
876,000
19
For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission
858,000
806,000
20
For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and the Superannuation Act, 1976, 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; miscellaneous payments, etc.
19,541,000
2,853,000
21
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Economic Planning and Development and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
6,233,010
81,000
22
For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land
39,800,000
—
23
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.
4,573,000
31,500
24
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
93,330,000
1,128,300
25
For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; and for welfare services
13,309,000
218,000
26
For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund
3,534,000
255,500
27
For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds
2,469,000
—
28
For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office
61,000
110
29
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid
254,808,020
710,000
30
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
34,057,500
174,800
31
For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.
165,900,000
909,000
32
For Secondary Education
120,051,000
937,000
33
For Vocational Education
68,679,500
1,984,000
34
For expenses in connection with Residential Homes and Special Schools
1,757,000
1,200
35
For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced studies
51,559,000
50,500
36
For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery including certain grants-in-aid
288,000
2,000
37
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, including sundry grants-in-aid
16,001,010
111,000
38
For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
17,548,000
5,700,000
39
Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair
9,958,010
18,000
40
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid
147,722,000
38,494,002
41
For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Land Commission, including certain grants-in-aid
9,171,000
2,193,050
42
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
39,665,000
145,500
43
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain loans, subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid
179,931,000
3,125,050
44
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism and Transport, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid
84,451,000
7,575,000
45
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
185,888,000
91,018,000
46
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
116,005,000
12,026,000
47
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
17,224,000
508,455
48
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
9,311,000
729,000
49
For contributions to International Organisations and for Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid
8,322,000
—
50
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
378,709,000
14,686,600
51
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
513,026,000
31,732,000
52
For the Employment Guarantee Fund
3,000,000
—
53
For Remuneration
7,332,000
—
Total of Part II £
2,734,744,070
231,970,357
Total of Schedule £
2,734,766,505
231,970,511
Acts Referred to
Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965
1965, No. 26
Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891
1891, c. 24
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