Appropriation Act, 1973

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Number 34 of 1973


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1973


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £791,362,840.

2.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24

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Number 34 of 1973


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1973


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 . [24th December, 1973]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £791,362,840.

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 seven hundred and ninety-one million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, eight hundred and forty pounds and comprising the sum of forty-seven million, four hundred and eighty-nine thousand, eight hundred and forty pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1973, and the sum of seven hundred and forty-three million, eight hundred and seventy-three thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1974, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule annexed 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 annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of fifty-four million, five hundred and forty-two thousand, three hundred and fifty-seven pounds.

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1973.

SCHEDULE

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, 1973.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

7

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

340,000

8

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for expenditure in respect of public buildings; for the maintenance of certain parks and public works; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

330,000

120 000

10

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

32,000

7,000*

11

For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

5,000

12

For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, 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; etc.

386,000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges

50,000

16

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid

25,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes

120,000

25,000*

19

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

87,000

20

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.

81,000

1,765*

21

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.

1,850,000

22

For the expenses of prisons; St Patrick's; Shanganagh; and the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals

339,000

2,500

26

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

5,671,000

16,000

27

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid

272,000

28

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.

4,125,000

29

For Secondary Education

1,958,000

90,000

30

For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid

1,984,000

32

For grants-in-aid of Universities and Colleges, other Institutions of Higher Education and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

1,747,000

36

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair

10

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

6,519,000

42,000*

40

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

20

40,000

41

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

2,382,000

1,330,000*

42

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

953,000

3,707,000

43

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 a grant-in-aid

3,915,000

44

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

50,000

14,000

45

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

10

47

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for sundry grants

5,692,000

326,000

48

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

8,465,000

250,000*

50

For Remuneration

111,800

Total of Part I                                           £

47,489,840

2,659,735

*Deficit.

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, 1974.

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, and for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment, including a grant-in-aid

30,000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid

1,184,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

199,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

994,000

3,000

5

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

157,000

24,480

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-in-aid

3,904,000

18,500

7

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

12,838,000

306,500

8

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for expenditure in respect of public buildings; for the maintenance of certain parks and public works; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

17,067,000

2,150,500

9

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

110,000

1,650

10

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

198,000

249,000

11

For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

100,000

12

For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, 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; etc.

5,030,000

863,500

13

For Secret Service

15,000

14

For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land

27,710,000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges

555,000

6,000

16

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid

605,000

__

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes

1,918,000

282,000

18

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

881,000

73,800

19

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

1,899,000

276,000

20

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.

717,000

775

21

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

26,712,000

1,240,000

22

For the expenses of prisons; St. Patrick's; Shanganagh; and the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals

4,370,000

83,000

23

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund

1,440,000

85,850

24

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

757,000

25

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

26,000

83

26

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

33,292,000

605,700

27

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid

10,742,000

15,500

28

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.

44,504,000

282,100

29

For Secondary Education

35,788,000

286,700

30

For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid

19,774,000

53,100

31

For expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention

793,000

2,000

32

For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

14,407,000

33

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid

115,000

1,200

34

For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission, including a grant-in-aid

5,627,000

415,500

35

For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

7,812,000

1,486,000

36

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair

3,828,000

10

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

55,892,000

4,448,511

38

For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid

3,575,000

11,600

39

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

5,104,000

32,000

40

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

34,978,000

646,000

41

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

30,355,000

2,530,880

42

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

54,086,000

23,569,000

43

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 a grant-in-aid

34,172,000

729,000

44

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

7,763,000

61,053

45

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

2,484,000

18,000

46

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Development Aid (including a grant-in-aid) and the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe; and for other expenses in connection therewith

796,000

100

47

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for sundry grants

136,013,000

4,440,630

48

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

92,557,000

6,583,400

Total of Part II                                       £

743,873,000

51,882,622

Total of Schedule                                      £

791,362,840

54,542,357