An Act to appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 , to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund.

[20 th December, 2016]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €44,552,956,000

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 forty-four thousand, five hundred and fifty-two million, nine hundred and fifty-six thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2016 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), 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 1, the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of two thousand eight hundred and thirty-three million, four hundred and ninety-two thousand euro.

Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €76,499,000

2. For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1, there are set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2017, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of seventy-six million, four hundred and ninety-nine thousand euro.

Repayable advances from Central Fund

3. (1) The Minister for Finance may, following a request from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s Supply Account, having regard to the sums payable from that Account, put in place funding arrangements to—

(a) facilitate electronic funds transfers in respect of certain payments due on 3 January 2017, and

(b) facilitate certain payments, under the Social Welfare Acts, made on an agency basis by An Post payable between 3 January 2017 and 6 January 2017.

(2) Amounts required by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1), which in aggregate shall not exceed two hundred million euro, shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any sums so advanced shall be repaid from the Paymaster General’s Supply Account to the Central Fund in January 2017.

Short title

4. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2016.

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as appropriations-in-aid in addition to the sums granted, to defray the charges for the Public Services mentioned in column (2) to this Schedule which come in course of payment during the year ending 31 December 2016.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

€

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President’s Establishment and for certain grants

3,811,000

106,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants

29,350,000

870,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including a grant

14,695,000

788,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

82,081,000

1,435,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

38,886,000

975,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor

29,148,000

1,860,000

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

39,479,000

1,400,000

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

6,761,000

5,759,000

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

331,113,000

69,487,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Appeal Commissioners

1,440,000

60,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants

43,748,000

2,165,000

For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; fees to Pensions Authority; miscellaneous payments; etc.

391,880,000

135,000,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure

357,548,000

26,978,000

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

8,450,000

790,000

For Secret Service

1,000,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office and certain minor services

9,491,000

1,150,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service

9,398,000

252,000

For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office

37,910,000

4,780,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information

9,738,000

402,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants

1,451,548,000

123,476,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; and for payment of certain grants

318,651,000

13,407,000

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court and of certain other minor services as are not charged to the Central Fund

65,669,000

47,503,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority

30,434,000

610,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants

350,416,000

60,879,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and for payment of certain grants

6,190,000

116,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants

8,340,653,000

487,309,000

For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith

485,281,000

1,150,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants and contributions to International Organisations

166,759,000

50,253,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

228,486,000

237,998,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants, subsidies and sundry grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island

1,044,661,000

306,441,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services

1,450,259,000

383,326,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies and grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

788,325,000

47,148,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants

370,040,000

12,609,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants

1,357,441,000

26,464,000

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 other payments and for sundry grants

229,490,000

5,200,000

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

656,616,000

25,155,000

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

10,981,429,000

263,960,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to the Health Service Executive and miscellaneous grants

13,649,033,000

460,221,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement

19,982,000

500,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants including certain grants under cash-limited schemes

1,113,026,000

25,450,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Policing Authority

2,640,000

60,000

Total of Schedule 1

44,552,956,000

2,833,492,000

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may determine by order under section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , will be available for application towards making good supply in the year ended 31 December 2017 for the capital supply services and purposes in the Votes and corresponding Titles mentioned in columns (1) and (2).

Vote No.

Title

Sums for which surrender is deferred.

(1)

(2)

(3)

227,000

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

2,000,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure

2,000,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants

9,344,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; and for payment of certain grants

2,833,000

12,128,000

21,700,000

10,969,000

13,548,000

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement

110,000

1,640,000

Total of Schedule 2

76,499,000

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