Appropriation Act, 1996

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Number 40 of 1996


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1996


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Issue of £2,000 out of the Central Fund for the year 1994.

2.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £11,043,332,000.

3.

Amendment of section 135B (repayment of amounts in respect of vehicle registration tax in certain cases) of the Finance Act, 1992.

4.

Short title.


SCHEDULE

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Number 40 of 1996


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1996


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1994, AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 , AND TO AMEND SECTION 135B (REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS IN RESPECT OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX IN CERTAIN CASES) OF THE FINANCE ACT, 1992 . [20th December, 1996]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Grant out of the Central Fund

Issue of £2,000 out of the Central Fund for the year 1994.

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 31st day of December, 1994, the sum of two thousand pounds.

Appropriation of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £11,043,332,000.

2.—(1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965 , and this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of eleven thousand and forty-three million, three hundred and thirty-two thousand pounds and comprising the sum of two thousand pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1994, and the sum of eleven thousand and forty-three million, three hundred and thirty thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1996, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule 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 hereto, the sums respectively set forth in column (4) of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of one thousand and eighteen million, eight hundred and twenty-two thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine pounds.

Miscellaneous

Amendment of section 135B (repayment of amounts in respect of vehicle registration tax in certain cases) of the Finance Act, 1992 .

3.—Section 135B (inserted by section 98 of the Finance Act, 1995 and amended by section 73 of the Finance Act, 1996 ) of the Finance Act, 1992 , is hereby amended in subsection (1) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of “31st day of December, 1997” for “31st day of December, 1996”, and the said paragraph (a), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(a) the vehicle is first registered during the period from the 1st day of July, 1995 to the 31st day of December, 1997.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1996.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Excess for year 1994

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Valuation and Ordnance Survey for the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1994

1,000

41,248

Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Forestry for the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1994

1,000

43,251

Total of Part I

2,000

84,499

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 December, 1996.

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, for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment and for certain grants

685,000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid, and for certain expenses in connection with the European Parliament

31,349,000

695,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach and for payment of grants and a grant-in-aid

19,836,000

920,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Tánaiste including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of a grant-in-aid

1,498,000

5

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

24,054,000

1,370,000

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 and grants-in-aid, and for the Ad-Hoc Commission on Referendum Information

31,652,000

124,000

7

For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976 , 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; fees to Pensions Board; miscellaneous payments, etc.

90,917,000

12,628,000

8

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

2,636,000

1,560,000

9

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

136,215,000

18,210,000

10

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency, and for payment of certain grants

112,573,000

8,884,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

2,293,000

74,000

12

For Secret Service

520,000

13

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid

15,906,000

140,000

14

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

5,698,000

16,000

15

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

8,776,000

4,800,000

16

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

3,129,000

1,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Public Offices Commission

1,391,000

18

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

116,526,000

27,275,000

19

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services, including payments under a cash-limited scheme administered by that Office, and for payment of grants

29,564,000

771,000

20

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

441,152,000

14,155,000

21

For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, probation and welfare staff and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; for probation and welfare services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid

122,229,000

788,000

22

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

26,656,000

1,230,000

23

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

15,608,000

24

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

210,000

25

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

949,362,000

13,045,000

26

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

105,461,000

4,340,000

27

For First-Level Education

678,997,000

35,007,000

28

For Second-Level and Further Education

775,600,000

85,461,000

29

For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid and in respect of Third-Level and Further Education

477,023,000

63,208,000

30

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

54,251,000

5,147,000

31

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

424,710,000

295,315,000

32

For the payment of certain exceptional grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief

980,000

33

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and a grant-in-aid

11,768,000

10,000

34

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

691,085,000

11,778,000

35

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

74,456,000

16,000

36

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-in-aid

385,400,000

7,300,000

37

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

70,232,000

2,610,000

38

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

58,001,000

370,000

39

For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid

86,264,000

50,000

40

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 certain grants including a grant-in-aid

2,606,555,000

61,470,000

41

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, and miscellaneous grants

2,195,731,000

274,116,000

42

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Oifig an Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta, le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe a riarann an Oifig sin, lena n-áirítear deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair

111,072,000

65,353,000

43

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including a grant-in-aid

1,909,000

501,000

44

For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

18,400,000

45

For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions

25,000,000

Total of Part II £

11,043,330,000

1,018,738,000

Total of Schedule £

11,043,332,000

1,018,822,499


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24

Finance Act, 1992

1992, No. 9

Finance Act, 1995

1995, No. 8

Finance Act, 1996

1996, No. 9