Appropriation Act 2003

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Number 42 of 2003


APPROPRIATION ACT 2003


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation of Grants

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000.

Miscellaneous

2.

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003.

3.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965

1965, No. 26

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict., c. 24

Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963

Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976

1976, No. 22

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Number 42 of 2003


APPROPRIATION ACT 2003


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT 1965 AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 3 DECEMBER 2003. [19th December, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000.

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 thirtyone thousand and forty million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2003 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1) 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 to this Act, the sums respectively set out in column (4) of that Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of two thousand, six hundred and twenty-five million, one hundred and twenty-six thousand euro.

Miscellaneous

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003.

2.—(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003 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 2004.

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

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to an increase in the farmers flat rate and the livestock rate of Value-Added Tax);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to an anti-avoidance measure regarding the reduced rate of Value-Added Tax on sites, when houses and sites are sold together);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to excise duties on road diesel and petrol);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to excise duties on tobacco).

Short title.

3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2003.

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 31 December 2003.

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     ...

2,009,000

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     ...     ...     ...     ...     ...

81,387,000

408,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ...

25,808,000

50,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office     ...     ...     ...

34,277,000

1,532,000

5

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

7,015,000

3,399,000

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

114,324,000

134,000

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; payments in respect of Pensions Benefit System; miscellaneous payments, etc.     ...     ...

203,265,000

31,607,000

8

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Appeal Commissioners     ...     ...

561,000

9

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

308,611,000

31,975,000

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 and grants-in-aid and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief     ...     ...

405,707,000

21,125,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory     ...     ...     ...     ...     ...

6,613,000

100,000

12

For Secret Service     ...     ...     ...

831,000

13

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

13,949,000

13,000

14

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

29,393,000

15,000

15

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

9,215,000

1,466,000

16

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

11,408,000

200,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Office of the Information Commissioner     ...

5,038,000

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor     ...     ...

30,396,000

190,000

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 cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ...     ...     ...     ...

325,516,000

14,001,000

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     ...     ...     ...

963,785,000

33,556,000

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     ...     ...

337,268,000

1,325,000

22

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Court Service and of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court and of certain other minor services as are not charged to the Central Fund

72,582,000

20,948,000

23

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

32,150,000

24

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

413,000

25

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

2,311,624,000

29,887,000

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 payments of certain grants and grants-in-aid     ...     ...

3,200,097,000

84,295,000

27

For First-Level Education     ...     ...

933,368,000

28,089,000

28

For Second-Level and Further Education

933,684,000

27,398,000

29

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

647,832,000

2,000

30

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

301,765,000

241,390,000

31

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

835,547,000

410,237,000

32

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

2,029,347,000

22,298,000

33

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

7,981,024,000

1,329,300,000

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 the payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

1,086,654,000

119,572,000

35

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

346,974,000

10,272,000

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     ...     ...     ...

722,491,000

8,054,000

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     ...     ...

147,869,000

5,200,000

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 and contributions to International Organisations

178,825,000

800,000

39

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

374,009,000

127,000

40

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

5,612,889,000

131,040,000

41

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

8,436,000

1,000

42

Le haghaidh thuarastail agus chostais Oifig an Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, agus le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe atá faoi riaradh na hOifige sin, lena n-áirítear deontais áirithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair     ...     ...     ...

266,942,000

15,120,000

43

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

44,101,000

44

For the settlement of an equal pay claim

36,000,000

Total of Schedule     ...     ...

31,040,999,000

2,625,126,000