Appropriation Act, 1947

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£

£

2,680,822

136,719

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations in-Aid

£

£

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

  4,600

—

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

55,240

14,910

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

  4,560

—

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

  1,000

—

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

10,830

  7,410

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

     10

  1,479

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931, No. 23 of 1939, and No. 36 of 1946)

1,040,400

—

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

45,000

—

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

15,700

  7,550

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

  3,130

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946)

65,010

24,460

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 and 50; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; and No. 48 of 1936, sees. 51 and 77) and for a Capitation Grant

  4,560

—

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

    650

    124

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

65,000

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

      10

—

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941, etc.)

13,180

  1,094

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 13 of 1946), including certain Grants-in-Aid

    10

10,990

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns

48,345

45,635

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

300,000

  5,542

For Transport and Meteorological Services

    10

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including extra wages of seamen and the cost of medical treatment; for payments in respect of the provision of certain Protective Equipment for Ships; and for payments in connection with the rescue of certain Shipwrecked Seamen

  6,500

  *6,200

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund), Unemployment Assistance, the Special Register of Agricultural and Turf Workers, Insurance against Intermittent Unployment, for certain services in connection with Food Allowances and for Expenses in connection with the provision of Labour for Harvest Work (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; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 7 of 1942; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945 and Nos. 22 and 37 of 1946)

22.310

^*39,500

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; No. 14 of 1940 (sees. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

377,815

14,585

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 Expenses in connection with the trial and detention of certain persons (No. 28 of 1939, No. 1 of 1940 and No. 16 of 1940, etc.); for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-Raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939); for Reserve Medical Supplies for Civilian Hospitals; for certain Expenses of the Local Defence Force, 1941 to 1946; for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses in connection with the Production of certain Chemicals for Sale for certain Expenses in connection with Blood Transfusion; and for he Expense of the Bureau of Military History

559,624

48,640

For Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property caused by the dropping of bombs from foreign aircraft and by kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 24 of 1941)

12,000

—

For Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 19 of 1946)

  1,450

—

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

  3,340

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

    400

—

To meet such of the charges for Increases in Remuneration of Civil Servants as have not been otherwise provided for

19 230

—

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

Title

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)

  4,800

—

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

145,400

—

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

18,500

—

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

29,230

  3,330

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

97,250

  2,755

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

1,230,760

39,700

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1938); for Supplements and for Allowances in kind (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

5,149,750

  2,250

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

22,250

—

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.)

192,920

26,750

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

1,031,520

63,097

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

1,250,000

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

12,570

—

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 and No. 15 of 1940)

33,300

  7,500

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

45,000

—

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

  7,700

—

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1946, 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; etc.

751,530

22,025

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

178,300

    65

For Secret Service

15,000

—

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

16,250

—

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

16,280

—

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

203,780

52,528

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; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

45,600

  7,095

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

45,020

  3,750

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; and No. 36 of 1946)

2,550,989

—

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

94,600

  3,900

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

333,274

—

For payment to the Pensions Investment Account (No. 29 of 1935), to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund (No. 22 of 1946); and for the provision of Allowances in Kind (No. 22 of 1946)

962,500

—

For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940)

53,810

—

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

1,828,042

317,136

For Agricultural Produce Subsidies, etc.

2,065,000

—

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including a Grant-in-Aid

54,910

23,772

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

65,230

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946)

2,889,320

42,073

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)

154,850

  19,806

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; and No. 21 of 1946) and for a Capitation grant

59,750

—

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

85,480

28,220

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, No. 48 of 1936, and No. 25 of 1945)

70,790

    260

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); 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)

64,140

—

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.

  6,990

—

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)

  4,480

     48

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

828,180

31,327

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)

16,310

  8,000

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

23,280

  1,303

For certain Grants-in-Aid of the National Health Insurance Fund and for other payments under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1947, and the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946), and for certain other Grants

804,000

—

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

260,950

     74

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

5,159,400

97,681

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

827,880

39,925

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1947, and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

572,770

32,850

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

90,940

    6,250

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941, etc.)

169,190

  8,753

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

  8,010

—

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; No. 26 of 1939; and No. 12 of 1946)

1,420,150

132,700

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including certain Grants-in-Aid

312,520

56,642

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns

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

4,921,670

  2,600

For Aviation and Meteorological Services

1,435,480

180,595

For Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944 and No. 8 of 1946)

2,197,700

—

For certain Transport Services and for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payment, in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for payments in connection with the provision of certain Protective Equipment for Ships

137,400

  9,608

For Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and the cost of Supplements), Unemployment Assistance (including the cost of supplements and allowances), the Special Register of Agricultural and Turf Workers, Insurance against Intermittent Unemployment, and the provision of Labour for Harvest Work (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; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 7 of 1942; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945; No. 22 of 1946, and No. 37 of 1946)

1,372,840

735,010

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

17,330

—

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; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

4,355,500

225,001

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

327,085

—

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; and for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History

4,419,390

210,775

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, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943 and No. 3 of 1946); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944 and Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

757,890

—

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), including a Grant-in-Aid

161,750

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

671,330

89,618

For sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

371,500

—

For Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property caused by the dropping of bombs from foreign aircraft and by kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 24 of 1941)

14,500

—

For Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 19 of 1946)

  2,500

—

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid and certain charges connected with Hospitals

616,350

  1,555

For the Alleviation of Distress in Europe due to War

1,500,000

—

For the Repayment to the Central Fund of Sums Advanced Under the Trade Loans (Guarantee) Acts (No. 5 of 1939, sec. 10)

Total of Part II                  

£55,762,963

£2,817,259