Appropriation Act, 1939

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Number 19 of 1939.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1939.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Section

1.

Issue of £221 14s. 7d. out of the Central Fund for the year 1937–38

2.

Issue of £19,418,167 out of the Central Fund for the year 1939–40

3.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,418,388 14s. 7d.

Appropriation of Grants.

4.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £31,229,569 14s. 7d.

5.

Short title.


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

SCHEDULE (A)

SCHEDULE (B)


Acts Referred to

Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office, 1924

No. 16 of 1924

President's Establishment, 1938

No. 24 of 1938

Comptroller and Auditor-General, 1923

No. 1 of 1923

Local Appointments Commission, 1926

No. 39 of 1926

Vocational Education Act, 1930

No. 29 of 1930

Foreshore Act, 1933

No. 12 of 1933

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Number 19 of 1939.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1939.


AN ACT TO APPLY CERTAIN SUMS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1939, AND THIS ACT. [19th July, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Issue of £221 14s. 7d. 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 ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, the sum of two hundred and twenty-one pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence.

Issue of £19,418,167 out of the Central Fund for the year 1939-40.

2.—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 forty, the sum of nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,418,388 14s, 7d.

3.—(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 nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-eight pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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 repayment, 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, viz., £31, 229, 569 14s. 7d.

4.—(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 thirty-one million, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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 grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing sub-section 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 Schedule (B) 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 one million, five hundred and six thousand, three hundred and forty-nine pounds.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1939.

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

Schedule (A).

GRANTS.

Grants out of the Central Fund

£31,229,569 14s. 7d.

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Year

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1937-38 (Excess Vote)

221

14

7

1938-39 (Supplementary)

956,181

0

0

—*273,966

0

0

1939-40

30,273,167

0

0

1,780,315

0

0

Total

£31,229,569

14

7

£1,506,349

0

0

*

Schedule (A).

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£

s.

d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1938: Under this Act

221

14

7

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1939: Under Act No. 8 of 1939

956,181

0

0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940:

Under Act No. 8 of 1939

10,855,000

0

0

Under this Act

19,418,167

0

0

Total

£31,229,569

14

7

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Part I.

EXCESS FOR YEAR 1937-38.

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grant

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Department of the President of the Executive Council for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1938

221

14

7

Part II.

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, 1939.

Vote No.

Title

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

2

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

10

8

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

9,700

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

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

4,050

1,000

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.

374

46

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

145,000

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

173,482

—*213,665

57

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

10

2,400

58

For Transport and Meteorological Services

37,500

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

233,000

—*68,000

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

25,165

4,299

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 in connection with the Custody of certain Civilian Prisoners

323,370

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)

1,715

68

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

175

72

For an Advance for the establishment of a Company to be known as Monarchana Alcóil na h-Eireann, Teoranta (No. 23 of of 1938)

1,500

73

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

1,090

Total of Part II                            £

956,181

—*273,066

*

Schedule (B).

Part III.

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, 1940.

Vote No.

Title

Sums not exceeding

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 (No. 24 of 1938)

3,602

2

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

125,070

3

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

14,259

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

19,861

5

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

75,220

6

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

885,211

37,750

7

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

3,506,450

800

8

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

54,700

9

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

12,210

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

153,030

31,330

11

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

1,370,338

52,343

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

8,623

13

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)

25,655

14

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)

3,650

15

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

440

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; 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.

467,605

690

17

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

125,000

1,900

18

For Secret Service

20,000

20

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

17,000

21

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

12,050

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

150,511

33,120

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

33,122

6,820

24

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

34,179

4,100

25

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

900,989

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

69,293

2,000

27

For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard

7,885

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)

159,380

29

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

30

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office

4,057

31

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

15,750

32

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

43,461

33

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

1,888,551

34,253

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)

82,215

12,760

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

39,566

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)

54,072

1,410

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)

48,118

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.)

50,368

29,710

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.

5,245

40

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)

2,870

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

1,349,844

16,929

42

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)

13,005

4,700

43

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

15,880

824

44

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

292,888

43,819

45

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

191,442

75

46

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

3,749,697

86,483

47

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

473,475

37,355

48

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

323,762

31,922

49

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

57,453

650

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)

112,771

2,350

51

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

5,352

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

594,203

174,041

53

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

73,121

20,279

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; 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; and No. 41 of 1936)

1,792,028

158,700

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

185,424

11,000

56

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

92,379

41,870

57

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

307,664

4,500

58

For Transport and Meteorological Services

63,713

3,192

59

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

2,921

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)]

10,534

1,650

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

1,137,875

726,750

62

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

15,185

63

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

2,375,070

115,227

64

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

69,303

65

For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts; and certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith

3,252,199

48,965

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

586,636

67

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

90,931

68

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

12,806

69

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

1,500,000

70

For Export Subsidies

606,000

Total of Part III                             £

30,273,167

1,780,315

Total of Schedule (B)                    £

31,229,660 14 7

1,506,340

Deficit.

Deficit.