Appropriation Act, 1998

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Number 48 of 1998


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1998


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation of Grants

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £13,217,471,000.

Miscellaneous

2.

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 2nd day of December, 1998.

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

1891, c. 24

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Number 48 of 1998


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1998


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 PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON THE 2nd DAY OF DECEMBER, 1998. [18th December, 1998]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £13,217,471,000.

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 thirteen thousand and two hundred and seventeen million, four hundred and seventy one thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1998, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule 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 hereto, the sums respectively set forth in column (4) of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of one thousand and two hundred and eighty million, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds.

Miscellaneous

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 2nd day of December, 1998.

2.—(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on the 2nd day of December, 1998, 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 1999.

(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to value-added tax);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to excise on tobacco products);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to excise on hydrocarbons);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to vehicle registration tax).

Short title.

3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1998.

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 the 31st day of December, 1998.

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

802,000

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

38,174,000

807,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid

20,301,000

5,000

4

For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions

84,140,000

5

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

15,240,000

1,370,000

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

37,081,000

320,000

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; miscellaneous payments, etc.

102,394,000

13,892,000

8

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

3,255,000

1,560,000

9

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office

158,033,000

19,749,000

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

190,147,000

10,400,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

3,469,000

23,000

12

For Secret Service

745,000

13

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid

6,143,000

10,000

14

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

7,384,000

5,000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services

9,782,000

6,050,000

16

For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

4,706,000

1,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Public Offices Commission and the Office of the Information Commissioner

2,348,000

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor

16,450,000

140,000

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 a cash-limited scheme administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants and a grant-in-aid

61,109,000

806,000

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

573,501,000

15,361,000

21

For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Services, 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

190,262,000

1,060,000

22

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

40,759,000

1,256,000

23

For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

16,998,000

24

For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

225,000

25

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants including certain grants-in-aid

1,015,251,000

21,244,000

26

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ministers for Education and Science, for certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid

236,604,000

6,850,000

27

For First-Level Education

805,889,000

38,625,000

28

For Second-Level and Further Education

925,417,000

92,578,000

29

For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid in respect of Third-Level and Further Education

542,023,000

66,498,000

30

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid

87,332,000

57,813,000

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

414,769,000

346,750,000

32

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Enterprise, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid and certain other expenses

148,736,000

24,734,000

33

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain services administered by that Office, including grants to Health Boards and miscellaneous grants

2,842,345,000

372,925,000

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 payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

807,479,000

14,434,000

35

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid

103,879,000

2,470,000

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

476,118,000

11,870,000

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

82,385,000

3,000,000

38

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including grants-in-aid

64,526,000

370,000

39

For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid

111,629,000

50,000

40

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for certain grants including a grant-in-aid

2,793,550,000

72,136,000

41

For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

26,000,000

42

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Oifig an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gaeltachta agus Oileán, le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe a riarann an Oifig sin, lena neáirítear deontais áirithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabh-air

147,561,000

75,064,000

43

For the salaries, and expenses of the National Gallery, including a grant-in-aid

2,274,000

1,000

44

For the payment of certain exceptional grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief

256,000

Total of Schedule           £

13,217,471,000

1,280,227,000