Appropriation Act, 1999

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Number 34 of 1999


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1999


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation of Grants

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £14,913,294,000.

Miscellaneous

2.

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil éireann on 1 December, 1999.

3.

Payment of certain excise duties on tobacco products to Minister for Health and Children.

4.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Finance (Excise Duties on Tobacco Products) Act, 1977

1977, No. 32

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24

Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976

1976, No. 22

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Number 34 of 1999


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1999


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965, TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 1 DECEMBER, 1999, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND CHILDREN OF CERTAIN MONEYS COLLECTED IN RESPECT OF THE DUTY OF EXCISE IMPOSED BY SECTION 2 OF THE FINANCE (EXCISE DUTY ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS) ACT, 1977. [16th December, 1999]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation Of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £14,913,294,000.

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 fourteen thousand and nine hundred and thirteen million, two hundred and ninety-four thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on 31 December, 1999, 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 three hundred and ninety-seven million, one hundred and sixty-two thousand pounds.

Miscellaneous

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil éireann on 1 December, 1999.

2.—(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil éireann on 1 December, 1999, and referred to in subsection (2) of this section may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 , be enacted in the year 2000.

(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to excise on foreign travel);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to excise on tobacco products);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to excise on hydrocarbons);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to value-added tax).

Payment of certain excise duties on tobacco products to Minister for Health and Children.

3.—In the year commencing on 1 January, 2000, and in each year thereafter, such sum as may be determined by the Minister for Finance, not exceeding one hundred and thirty two million pounds, shall be paid to the Minister for Health and Children by the Revenue Commissioners, as an appropriation-in-aid of the grant in the year concerned for the services and purposes connected with the performance by the second-mentioned Minister of his or her functions, out of moneys collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the duty of excise imposed by section 2 of the Finance (Excise Duty on Tobacco Products) Act, 1977 .

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1999.

SCHEDULE

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, 1999.

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

...

922,000

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

...

...

...

...

...

40,677,000

847,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid and for payment of certain grants under a

cash-limited scheme

...

...

...

32,233,000

5,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of Ordnance

Survey Ireland

...

...

...

...

6,325,000

5,000,000

5

For the salaries and expenses of the Central

Statistics Office

...

...

...

18,462,000

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

46,769,000

341,000

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.

...

...

...

...

106,558,000

14,512,000

8

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

4,737,000

1,560,000

9

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

that Office

...

...

...

...

167,387,000

20,987,000

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

...

...

...

...

249,260,000

10,000,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State

Laboratory

...

...

...

...

3,821,000

23,000

12

For Secret Service

...

...

...

735,000

13

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

grant-in-aid

...

...

...

...

6,622,000

10,000

14

For the salaries and expenses of the Office

of the Director of Public Prosecutions

...

10,249,000

5,000

15

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

4,406,000

900,000

16

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

Appointments Commission

...

...

5,803,000

1,000

17

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

2,391,000

Information Commissioner

...

...

...

2,391,000

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Office

of the Chief State Solicitor

...

...

20,998,000

143,000

19

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

grants-in-aid

...

...

...

...

81,252,000

823,000

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

...

...

...

595,297,000

16,051,000

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

...

...

181,479,000

1,107,000

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

...

...

...

46,462,000

1,283,000

23

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

17,618,000

24

For the salaries and expenses of the

Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

...

325,000

25

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

grants including certain grants-in-aid

...

1,368,102,000

28,364,000

26

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Science, for certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain

grants and grants-in-aid

...

...

198,393,000

6,236,000

27

For First-Level Education

...

...

870,931,000

40,495,000

28

For Second-Level and Further Education

1,032,413,000

83,431,000

29

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

and Further Education

...

...

...

680,455,000

45,724,000

30

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

grants-in-aid

...

...

...

...

...

127,540,000

62,543,000

31

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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

...

...

...

...

500,140,000

312,658,000

32

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

services expenses

...

...

...

360,440,000

13,246,000

33

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain services administered by that Office, including grants to Health Boards

and miscellaneous grants

...

...

3,269,142,000

524,633,000

34

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade 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

...

...

867,694,000

14,226,000

35

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

grants-in-aid

...

...

...

...

144,939,000

11,523,000

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

...

...

...

494,900,000

15,740,000

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

...

...

80,660,000

2,200,000

38

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for certain services administered by that

Office, including grants-in-aid

...

...

71,456,000

370,000

39

For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain

grants-in-aid

...

...

...

...

119,083,000

100,000

40

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office and for certain grants including a grant-in-aid

2,829,689,000

81,716,000

41

For grants (grants-in-aid) to An

Chomhairle Ealaíon

...

...

...

...

28,000,000

42

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Oifig an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gaeltachta agus Oileán, le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe a riarann an Oifig sin, lena n-áirítear deontais áirithe agus

ildeontais-i-gcabhair

...

...

...

...

...

175,796,000

78,988,000

43

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

2,560,000

1,000

44

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

relief

...

...

...

...

...

173,000

45

For computer-related and other

expenditure to ensure Year 2000 compliance

...

40,000,000

Total of Schedule

...

...

14,913,294,000

1,397,162,000