Appropriation Act, 1964

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Number 21 of 1964.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1964


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Section

1.

Issue of £127,920,690 out of the Central Fund for the year 1964-65.

2.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £127,920,690 .

Appropriation of Grants

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £199,093,194 .

4.

Short title.

Schedule A

GRANTS

Schedule B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Part I

Part II

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Number 21 of 1964.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1964


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN 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 SIXTY-FIVE, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1964, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [14th July, 1964.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund

Issue of £127,920,690 out of the Central Fund for the year 1964-65.

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 sixty-five, the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven million, nine hundred and twenty thousand, six hundred and ninety pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £127,920,690.

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole one hundred and twenty-seven million, nine hundred and twenty thousand, six hundred and ninety 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 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., £199,093,194.

3.—(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 one hundred and ninety-nine million, ninety-three thousand, one hundred and ninety-four pounds, 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 note (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 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 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 fourteen million, one hundred and forty-eight thousand, three hundred and eighty-two pounds.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1964.

Abstract of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers

Schedule A

GRANTS

Grants out of Central Fund

£199,093,194

Schedule B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Sums not exceeding

Year

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

1963–64 (Supplementary)

9,443,904

1,022,500*

1964–65

189,649,290

15,170,882

Total    £

199,093,194

14,148,382

*Deficit.

Schedule A

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND

£

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1964.

Under Act No. 6 of 1964

9,443,904

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1965.

Under Act No. 6 of 1964

61,728,600

Under this Act

127,920,690

Total    £

199,093,194

Schedule B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

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, 1964.

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

850

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

2,590

6

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

10

9

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; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation

620,000

37,000

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

2,500

700

13

For a Grant (Grant-in-Aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

5,000

14

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.

94,200

11,800

17

For Grants to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land

150,000

18

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

12,500

1,000

19

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

51,757

20

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Printing and Binding, and the provision of Paper, Publications, Office Machinery and other Office Supplies for Public Services; and for sundry Miscellaneous Purposes, including the publication and sale of Reports of Oireachtas Debates, Bills, Acts and Other Government Publications

82,000

11,500

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including certain Grants-in-Aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

10

24

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc., and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force

1,014,100

28

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

750

29

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 Grants

10

30

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 sundry Grants-in-Aid

4,210

31

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

1,170,000

33

For Vocational Education including a Grant-in-Aid

10

35

For Grants-in-Aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

11,000

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

1,215,010

1,285,000*

42

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

1,175,000

43

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

10

44

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 Grants-in-Aid

330,000

200,500

48

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies, the Overseas Trainee Fund and the American-Irish Foundation; and for other expenses in connection therewith

69,270

50

For payments to the Social Insurance Fund

875,000

51

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

1,651,000

52

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 Local Authorities and miscellaneous Grants

485,010

54

For payment of Increases in certain Pensions, etc., in respect of public service

119,000

55

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of a certain Advance

107

56

For Remuneration of Civil Servants

303,000

£

9,443,904

1,022,500*

*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, 1965.

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

12,200

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Grants-in-Aid

389,450

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

36,500

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

204,470

1,400

5

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

44,570

10,350

6

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

473,000

1,755

7

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

3,110,330

122,150

8

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works

754,000

109,000

9

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; and for payment of certain Grants-in-Aid

7,222,500

719,017

10

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

877,500

43,000

11

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

34,440

1,360

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

37,390

38,300

13

For a Grant (Grant-in-Aid) to AnChomhairle Ealaíon

40,000

14

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.

1,608,590

167,060

15

For Secret Service

7,500

16

For Grants to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land

9,422,000

17

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

198,250

6,000

18

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

313,760

19

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Printing and Binding, and the provision of Paper, Publications, Office Machinery and other Office Supplies for Public Services; and for sundry Miscellaneous Purposes, including the publication and sale of Reports of Oireachtas Debates, Bills, Acts and Other Government Publications

693,200

182,200

20

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain Minor Services

263,700

28,700

21

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

609,800

82,100

22

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including certain Grants-in-Aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

182,310

525

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc., and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force

7,772,980

329,500

24

For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals

327,840

34,681

25

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

421,900

43,660

26

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

166,090

27

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

9,680

43

28

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 Grants including Grants-in-Aid

7,082,900

113,465

29

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 sundry Grants-in-Aid

972,230

17,020

30

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

14,699,200

126,700

31

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

4,262,600

45,800

32

For Vocational Education, including a Grant-in-Aid

2,329,270

48,720

33

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

256,800

5,000

34

For Grants-in-Aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

2,981,900

35

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

17,170

120

36

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission

2,950,830

200,200

37

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

2,939,700

684,000

38

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

607,300

26,600

39

Le haghaidh Tuarastail agus Costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair

576,760

5,140

40

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

23,658,700

1,432,431

41

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

7,078,300

114,401

42

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

5,121,530

1,221,140

43

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 a Grant-in-Aid

15,058,000

7,518,100

44

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 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

9,515,500

144,644

45

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, etc.

2,270,650

1,500

46

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including a Grant-in-Aid

623,800

5,800

47

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations and Intergovernmental Legal Bodies; and for other expenses in connection therewith

160,300

100

48

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

33,900,000

1,515,500

49

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 Local Authorities, miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

14,345,100

20,300

50

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc., of Patients in the Central Mental Hospital

62,800

3,400

51

For Remuneration of Civil Servants

2,822,000

52

For payment of Increases in certain Pensions, etc., in respect of public service

122,000

£

189,649,290

15,170,882

Total of Schedule B    £

199,093,194

14,148,382