S.I. No. 85/2008 - Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to Central Fund) Order 2008

S.I. No. 85 of 2008

FINANCE ACT 2004 (SECTION 91) (DEFERRED SURRENDER TO CENTRAL FUND) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th April, 2008.

WHEREAS section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 (No. 8 of 2004) makes provision for the carry over from one year to another of any unspent Exchequer capital allocations, up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the capital allocation by Vote;

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Finance made a determination for the purposes of subsection (2) of the said section 91 in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act 2007 (No. 41 of 2007);

AND WHEREAS there is set out in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act 2007 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2008 and the related Votes and Titles in respect of each of the sums concerned;

AND WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 91, a draft of the following order has been laid before Dáil Éireann and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by Dáil Éireann in the financial year immediately following the financial year in respect of which the undischarged appropriations concerned relate;

NOW, the Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 91(4) of the Finance Act 2004 , hereby makes the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to Central Fund) Order 2008.

2. The sums set out in column 5 of the Schedule, amounting in the aggregate to €126,119,000, are determined to be available for making good supply in the year ending 31 December 2008 for the capital supply services and purposes by reference to the Vote Number, Title, Capital Subheads and descriptions mentioned in columns 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively, of that Schedule, opposite the amount mentioned in column 5 in respect of each Capital Subhead.

SCHEDULE Details of sums determined for the purposes of Article 2

Vote No.1	Title2	Capital Subhead3	Description4	Sums deferredunder section 91of theFinance Act20045€
6	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General’s Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid.	A6	Office premises expensesTotal under Vote No. 6	800,000800,000
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 for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief.	E	New works, alterations andadditionsTotal under Vote No. 10	35,650,00035,650,000
23	For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority.	A.5	Office machinery and otheroffice supplies andrelated servicesTotal under Vote No. 23	500,000500,000
30	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants in aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited-schemes.	E.2E.4 F.1	Mining ServicesGeoscience InitiativesInland Fisheries Total under Vote No. 30	1,447,000200,000400,000 2,047,000
31	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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.	HI	Development of Agricultureand FoodForestry and BioenergyTotal under Vote No. 31	21,413,00010,000,00031,413,000
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 a grant-in-aid, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes.	B2D3 F G I K4	InterTrade IrelandEnterprise IrelandCapitalScience, Technology andInnovation ProgrammesCounty EnterpriseDevelopmentNSAIFÁS CapitalTotal under Vote No. 34	1,200,0002,000,0004,226,0003,000,000450,00012,552,00023,428,000
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.	C.1 C.5 D.3	Sports Capital GrantsLansdowne RoadGeneral expensesIMMA, CBL, NCH andCrawford GalleryTotal under Vote No. 35	2,000,000 23,000,000 181,000 25,181,000
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.	L1	BuildingsTotal under Vote No. 36	3,000,0003,000,000
39	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children and certain other services administered by that Office, including miscellaneous grants.	I	Buildings, Equipping etc.Total under Vote No. 39	4,100,0004,100,000
TOTAL OF SCHEDULE				126,119,000

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

28 March 2008

BRIAN COWEN

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order determines, with the approval of Dáil Éireann as required under Section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , the capital subheads and Votes against which Departments shall spend as a first charge in 2008 the carryover of €126,119,000 in unspent capital from 2007 as provided for in the Appropriation Act 2007 .