Appropriation Act, 1940

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£

£

1,149,459

—*8,968

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

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

10

—

For Bounties on Sugar made from homegrown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported

2,000

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

850

—

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; No. 29 of 1938; 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.

5,000

—

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

4,500

500

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. 23 of 1939)

370,000

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána, including the Taca Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 28 of 1939)

10

—

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937, 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

11,421

—*1,700

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

12,518

—

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

3,560

—

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)

520

850

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

369,053

26,767

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid, and for a payment on account of compensation

10

—

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

22,535

1,000

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

10,000

—*1,000

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

60,915

1,725

For Transport and Meteorological Services

6,220

—

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; No. 38 of 1935; and No. 2 of 1938)

231,240

—*31,070

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

30,475

—*6 040

For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940, and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 ; and for a Grant-in-Aid under the Red Cross Act, 1938

10

—

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)

10

—

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

360

—

For Export Subsidies

10

—

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

3,819

—

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

913

—

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939)

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Secretary to the President, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938)

3,958

—

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

126,368

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; and No. 38 of 1938)

14,577

—

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

20,577

—

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

73,580

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office, and a Grant-in-Aid

924,372

34,775

For Old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c. 40; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 16; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928; No. 18 of 1932; and No. 26 of 1938); for Pensions to Blind Persons (No. 18 of 1932 and No. 26 of 1938); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith

3,536,000

1,250

For Bounties on sugar made from home-grown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported

52,000

—

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, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.)

146,724

29,215

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

1,234,775

38,450

For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard

4,920

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

9,544

—

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

24,662

—

For payments in respect of Destruction of or Injuries to Property (No. 15 of 1923; No. 19 of 1926; No. 35 of 1933; No. 18 of 1937, sec. 17; and otherwise)

1,200

—

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

9,204

—

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. 32 of 1933; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; No. 16 of 1939; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.

496,285

2,555

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, &c., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

134,380

740

For Secret Service

20,000

—

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

17,000

—

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries

13,320

—

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

158,155

30,830

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; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; and No. 21 of 1939; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925]; including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

34,444

6,795

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

33,949

3,400

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief on Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931 and No. 23 of 1939)

1,270,989

—

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

68,875

2,000

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), including certain Grants-in-Aid

163,130

—

For payment to the Pensions Investment Account [Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937 (No. 29 of 1935, sec. 42 (2), and No. 11 of 1937, sec. 21)]

450,000

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office

3,280

—

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

18,740

—

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

684,011

191,206

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

32,219

20,755

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

43,610

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána including the Taca Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 28 of 1939)

1,924,554

28,510

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)

84,631

12,455

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 & 76; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 & 50; and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13)

41,178

—

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)

54,540

1,310

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)

47,900

—

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.)

52,268

26,660

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.

5,127

—

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

3,152

48

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

1,211,322

15,965

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (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)

13,256

4,825

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

16,907

964

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937, 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

301,392

45,015

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

194,663

75

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

3,790,718

88,873

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

467,750

37,355

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

315,102

32,006

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

51,634

700

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)

119,620

3,500

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

4,422

—

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; 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; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; and No. 26 of 1939)

1,583,672

144,375

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

229,255

15,200

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

96,085

66,307

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

313,823

3,182

For Transport and Meteorological Services

89,817

952

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

2,950

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)], and for certain payments of Compensation

10,994

1,509

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; No. 38 of 1935; and No. 2 of 1938)

1,295,090

717,500

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

13,588

—

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

2,487,435

116,986

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

70,650

—

For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; and for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940, and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939

3,355,420

54,333

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, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934 and No. 33 of 1938), Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

583,590

—

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)

86,583

—

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

11,950

—

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

1,400,000

—

For Export Subsidies

339,100

—

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

9,883

—

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939)

Total of Part II