Appropriation Act, 1937

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Number 22 of 1937.


APPROPRIATION ACT 1937.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Issue of £18,790,005 out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.

2.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £18,790,005.

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

4.

Short title.


Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers

Schedule (A)

Schedule (B)


Acts Referred to

Electoral Act, 1923

No. 12 of 1923

Juries Act, 1927

No. 23 of 1927

Vocational Education Act, 1930

No. 29 of 1930

Foreshore Act, 1933

No. 12 of 1933

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

No. 29 of 1935

Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937

No. 20 of 1937

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Number 22 of 1937.


APPROPRIATION ACT 1937.


AN ACT TO APPLY CERTAIN SUMS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS. [11th June, 1937.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Issue of £18,790,005 out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.

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 ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, the sum of eighteen million, seven hundred and ninety thousand and five pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £18,790,005

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole eighteen million, seven hundred and ninety thousand and five pounds and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayments, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit.

(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

Appropriation of Grants.

Appropriation of sums voted for Supply services.

3.—(1) All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule (A) annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of twenty-nine million, four hundred and forty-six thousand, eight hundred and twenty-six pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed thereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the notes (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

(2) In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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 Schedule (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregrate to the sum of two million, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand, one hundred and forty-nine pounds.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1937.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS.

Grants out of the Central Fund

£29,446,826

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Sums not exceeding

Year

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1936-37 (Supplementary

166,821

0

0

62,222

0

0

1937-38

29,280,005

0

0

2,734,927

0

0

                       Total                                   £

29,446,826

0

0

2,797,149

0

0

Schedule (A).

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£

s.

d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1937:

Under Act No. 10 of 1937

166,821

0

0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1938:

Under Act No. 10 of 1937

10,490,000

0

0

Under this Act

18,790,005

0

0

Total

£29,446,826

0

0

SCHEDULE (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

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, 1937.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

11

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation

10

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; etc.); Extra-statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.

2,800

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

4,170

22

For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

17,487

1,114

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney-General, etc., and for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in relief of certain Expenses payable by statute out of Local Rates.

700

1,700

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals

22,350

44

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1934, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts

6,229

3,879

46

For the Expenses of Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

10

49

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and sundry Grants-in-Aid, etc.

10

52

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in Aid

10

33,259

54

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, sec. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923, 25 of 1925; 11 of 1926; 19 of 1927; 31 of 1929; 11 of 1931; 33 and 38 of 1933; 11 of 1934; and 41 of 1936)

32,442

5,000

56

For the Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services including Housing Grants

10

58

For Payments connected with Transport and Meteorological Services

16,000

63

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

14,710

17,270

66

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, and No. 24 of 1932), Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924, and No. 43 of 1934), Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

10

71

For Expenditure in connection with the Repayment of the Dáil Eireann External Loans

1,000

74

For compensation to the National Greyhound Racing Company, Limited

10,000

75

For compensation to the Dublin Greyhound and Sports Association, Limited

560

76

For the Repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

813

77

For an Advance for the establishment of an Air Transport Company (No. 40 of 1936)

2,500

78

For a Grant-in-Aid for Peat Fuel Development

35,000

Total of Part I

£166,821

£62,222

Schedule (B).

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 March, 1938.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid

85,043

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council (No. 16 of 1924)

13,130

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (No. 1 of 1923), including the National Insurance Audit Office

18,315

5

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office

68,691

6

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office

809,583

34,695

7

For Old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c. 40; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 16; 9 and 10 Geo. 5, c. 102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928, and No. 18 of 1932); for Pensions to blind persons (No. 18 of 1932); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith

3,466,650

600

8

For Bounties on Sugar made from homegrown beet, on tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf, and on homemade mineral hydrocarbon light oils, on which drawback is paid

10,100

9

For the Salaries and other Expenses of Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries

10,672

10

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, secs. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, sees. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, sees. 2, 7 and 9; etc.)

117,406

30,600

11

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and for sundry Grants-in-Aid

977,546

68,443

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

7,700

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Nos. 5 of 1924, and 41 of 1926), and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926)

23,870

14

For payments in respect of destruction of or injuries to Property under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1933, and otherwise

49,260

15

For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death

830

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24: 22 Vict., c. 26 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.

443,975

690

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

96,900

3,300

18

For Secret Service

20,000

19

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Tariff Commission (No. 40 of 1926 and No. 31 of 1930) and of the Merchandise Marks Commission (No. 48 of 1931)

5,332

20

For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

17,500

21

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid

9,855

22

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

136,428

31,065

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey [15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 & 23 Vict., c. 8; 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 37; No. 19 of 1923; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; and No. 19 of 1932; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925]; including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

31,324

6,845

24

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services, including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

31,905

4,587

25

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; and No. 25 of 1936)

1,270,989

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney-General, etc, and for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in Relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates

67,280

2,000

27

For expenses in connection with Haulbow-line Dockyard

9,617

28

For Grants to Universities and Colleges (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No.32 of 1926; No. 35 of 1929; and No. 27 of 1934)

162,300

29

For a Grant-in-Aid for Electrical Battery Research and Development

46,000

30

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office

3,617

31

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

15,520

32

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

38,209

33

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925 and No. 10 of 1926)

1,883,725

19,080

34

For the Expenses of Prisons, the Borstal Institution, and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

78,205

8,600

35

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 10 of 1924, secs. 70 and 76; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 and 50; and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13)

38,853

36

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926 and No. 48 of 1936)

50,156

1,310

37

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; and No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

48,374

38

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges, and certain Local Registering Authorities; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)

51,544

29,660

39

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58) and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

4,883

40

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 and 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102)

2,546

48

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals

1,259,068

14,223

42

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, etc., (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, sec. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, sec. 9, and c. 27; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, sec. 11, and c. 90, sec. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13)

12,545

4,050

43

For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107)

13,818

777

44

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1934, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 and 1936, and for sundry Contributions and Grants including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts

294,084

39,479

45

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education

178,188

75

46

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

3,599,364

87,986

47

For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers

433,170

37,500

48

For Payments under the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

263,879

31,972

49

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid

51,755

520

50

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; and No. 24 of 1929)

109,152

1,700

51

For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid

5,220

52

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

637,350

1,286,864

53

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

41,749

19,455

54

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, sec. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923; 25 of 1925; 11 of 1926; 19 of 1927; 31 of 1929; 11 of 1931; 33 and 38 of 1933; 11 of 1934; and 41 of 1936)

1,743,146

133,750

55

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58; and No. 34 of 1928), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

152,788

9,150

56

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants

89,139

33,570

57

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

490,456

5,440

58

For Transport and Meteorological Services

74,322

59

For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal (No, 29 of 1924 and No.8 and No. 9 of 1933)

2,845

60

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1933, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]

9,622

1,978

61

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including contributions to the Unemployment Fund) and Unemployment Assistance (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; and No. 38 of 1935)

1,052,280

631,570

62

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927 and No. 13 of 1929)

14,439

63

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

2,165,885

96,240

64

For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926)

61,374

65

For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts; certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; and Expenses under the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Act, 1931

1,595,810

57,105

66

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, and No. 15 of 1937), Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924, and No. 43 of 1934), Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

610,310

67

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924)

84,502

68

For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith

12,912

69

For Schemes for the Provision of Employment and the Relief of Distress, including cost of administration

1,500,000

70

For Export Bounties and Subsidies

2,242,000

71

For Expenditure in connection with the Repayment of the Dáil Éireann External Loans

3,000

72

For Payment to the Pensions Investment Account [ Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), sec. 42 (2)]

250,000

73

For the payment to the last holder of the Office of Governor-General provided for in Section 4 (2) (a) of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937)

2,000

Total of Part II.

29,280,005

2,734,927

Total of Schedule (B)               £

29,446,826

2,797,149