Appropriation (No 2) Act, 1927

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Number 28 of 1927.


APPROPRIATION (No. 2) ACT, 1927.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Issue of £15,427,414 out of the Central Fund.

2.

Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

4.

Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.

5.

Short title.

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS

SCHEDULE (A).

SCHEDULE (B).

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Number 28 of 1927.


APPROPRIATION (No. 2) ACT, 1927.


AN ACT TO APPLY A SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS. [29th July, 1927.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

Issue of £15,427,414 out of the Central Fund.

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 ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight the sum of fifteen million, four hundred and twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and fourteen pounds.

Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance on the credit of the said sum any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole fifteen million, four hundred and twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and fourteen pounds, 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 repayments, 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.

3.—All sums granted by this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by Schedule (A) annexed to this Act, in the aggregate to the sum of fifteen million, four hundred and twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and fourteen pounds are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed hereto. 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.

In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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.

Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.

4.—A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be made in pursuance of this Act for non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Minister for Finance before one of the persons prescribed by such warrant:

Provided that whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter the Minister for Finance may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter.

Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 1927.

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS

SCHEDULE (A).

Grants out of the Central Fund

£15,427,414

SCHEDULE (B).

Appropriation of Grants.

Sums not Exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

1927-28

15,427,414

762,044

SCHEDULE (A).

For the Service of the Year ending on the 31st March, 1928:—

£

Under this Act

15,427,414

SCHEDULE (B).

Schedule of Sums granted and of Sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges of the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1928:—

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

1

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Governor-General's Establishment under the Governor-General's Salary and Establishment Act, 1923

4,303

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas

77,326

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council

7,714

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Comptroller and Auditor General

12,635

5

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

41,358

6

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Revenue Department

466,000

9,350

7

For payment of Old Age Pensions under the Old Age Pension Acts, 1908 to 1924, for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920

1,758,300

270

8

For Capital for the Local Loans Fund and to make repayment to the British Government in respect of Local Loans outstanding

456,000

9

For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees, and Special Enquiries

8,302

10

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, ss. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, ss. 1 & 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, ss. 2,7 & 9; 10 Vict., c. 32, s. 3; 33 & 34 Vict., c. 46, s. 42; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 27; 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 31; &c.)

82,465

4,300

11

For expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and sundry Grants-in-Aid

586,041

135,800

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

4,567

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Civil Service Regulation Acts 1924 and 1926) and the Local Appointments Commission ( Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 )

7,186

14

For payments in respect of destruction of, or injuries to, Property within the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive, under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1926, and otherwise; and in respect of damage to, or loss of property and payments by way of indemnification or recoupment under the Indemnity Act, 1924 ; and for payment of grants awarded on the recommendation of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916, as compensation for buildings destroyed in Dublin during Easter Week, 1916

652,680

15

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

3,177

16

For Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of the 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and Sundry Repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government

1,190,435

17

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property

55,450

268

18

For Secret Services

6,700

19

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Tariff Commission ( Tariff Commission Act, 1926 )

1,100

20

For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries (Amendment) Act, 1924

20,000

21

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses including certain Grants-in-Aid

5,618

22

For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

87,289

24,125

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey, under the Acts 15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8; 17 Vict., 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; 19 of 1923 (Saorstát Eireann); and the Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925; including Estate Duty Valuation under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910

23,852

3,545

24

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services connected therewith

32,734

1,850

25

For the increase of the Agricultural Grant (Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1925)

299,011

26

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

45,388

800

27

For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard

11,300

28

For Grants-in-Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908 , and the Land Act, 1923 , and the University Education (Agricultural and Dairy Science) Act, 1926

76,500

29

For Payment of Subsidy in respect of Beet Sugar (No. 37 of 1925)

198,000

30

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office

2,784

31

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

20,486

32

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (The Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925)

1,009,865

40,590

33

For the Expenses of the General Prisons Board and of the Establishments under their control, the Registration of Habitual Criminals and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, s. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, s. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

86,667

3,000

34

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund or on the District Court Clerks Fund (The Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , Secs. 70 & 76; Court Officers Act, 1926 , Sec. 49)

9,838

35

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Saorstát Eireann as are not charged on the Central Fund ( Court Officers Act, 1926 ); and to defray the Salaries and Expenses of Circuit Court Appeals Commissioners

38,574

3,710

36

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

34,930

37

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various Circuit Court Officers, Bonus to Clerks of the Crown and Peace and the Expenses of Revision

46,926

16,335

38

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).

3,994

39

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests, (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, ss. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, s. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102).

2,218

48

40

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 and Sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums

324,543

11,360

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, s. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, s. 9; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, s. 11, and c. 90, s. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13).

9,178

5,400

42

For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum

8,022

2,481

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for Sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1925 (including certain Grants-in-Aid).

215,187

1,600

44

For Charges connected with Hospitals and Infirmaries including sundry Grants-in-Aid

1,228

45

For the Expenses of the Department of Education in respect of costs of Administration, Inspection, &c.

117,283

255

46

For the Expenses of Primary Education, including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund

2,315,852

800

47

For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Increments of Salary to Secondary School Teachers

182,600

27,600

48

For the Expenses connected with Technical Instruction

111,946

42,970

49

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin and of the Geological Survey of Ireland, including sundry Grants-in-Aid administered by the Department of Education

27,713

205

50

For Expenses of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (Children Act, 1908)

77,662

2,200

51

For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery of Ireland

2,986

52

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture and of certain Services administered by that Department including sundry Grants-in-Aid

371,150

106,868

53

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry

39,040

2,500

54

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46 and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38, and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; the Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923 , the Land Act, 1923 , and the Land Bond Act, 1925)

435,078

60,690

55

For Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies and for defraying Expenses incidental thereto

56,000

56

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce

83,009

1,225

57

For Payments under the Railways Act, 1924 , the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883 , &c., and for other purposes connected with Irish Transport

35,258

23,602

58

For the Salaries and other expenses of the Railway Tribunal constituted under the Railways Act, 1924

5,102

59

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service (Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894-1921, Crown Lands Acts, 1829-1866)

4,142

2,912

60

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges, including contributions to the Unemployment Fund

155,526

71,100

61

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

35,306

30,525

62

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, including Telephones

1,669,915

64,720

63

For the Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting

21,795

64

For the cost of the Army, including Army Reserve

1,458,767

59,040

65

For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 , and for sundry Contributions in respect of the Administration thereof, and for Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924

145,160

66

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of External Affairs

29,813

67

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith

4,534

68

For Remuneration for Cost of Management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann

5,906

Total

15,427,414

762,044