Appropriation Act 2007

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Number 41 of 2007


APPROPRIATION ACT 2007


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €45,148,322,000.

2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €126,119,000.

3. Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2007.

4. Short title.

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965

1965, No. 26

Finance Act 2004

2004, No. 8

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict., c. 24

Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004

Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976

1976, No. 22

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Number 41 of 2007


APPROPRIATION ACT 2007


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT 1965, TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO DEFERRED SURRENDER TO THE CENTRAL FUND OF CERTAIN UNDISCHARGED APPROPRIATIONS BY REFERENCE TO THE CAPITAL SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES AS PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 91 OF THE FINANCE ACT 2004 AND TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 5 DECEMBER 2007.

[21st December, 2007]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €45,148,322,000.

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 forty five thousand, one hundred and forty-eight million, three hundred and twenty-two thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2007 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1 .

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), 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 1 , the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of four thousand, one hundred and fifty-four million three hundred and thirteen thousand euro.

Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €126,119,000.

2.— For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1 , there is set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2008, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and twenty-six million, one hundred and nineteen thousand euro.

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2007.

3.— (1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2007 and referred to in subsection (2) may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 , be enacted in the year 2008.

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

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to an increase in excise duties on tobacco and tobacco products);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to an increase in stamp duty rates on bills of exchange);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to an increase in the rates of motor tax and trade licence plates);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to income tax and to an increase in the specified rate for preferential loans).

Short title.

4.— This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2007.

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

Section 1 .

Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as appropriations-in-aid in addition to the sums granted, to defray the charges for the Public Services mentioned in column (2) to this Schedule which come in course of payment during the year ending 31 December 2007.

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 ..

3,469,000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

43,736,000

100,000

3

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

19,220,000

8,000

4

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

54,900,000

695,000

5

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

9,747,000

4,200,000

6

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster General's Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

97,501,000

6,583,000

7

For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 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. ..... .....

253,000,000

62,000,000

8

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

651,000

9

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

409,598,000

41,460,000

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 for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

616,262,000

21,360,000

11

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

10,009,000

100,000

12

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

805,000

13

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

50,157,000

270,000

14

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

35,795,000

15,000

15

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

10,977,000

1,630,000

16

For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service .....

13,810,000

150,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments .....

1,059,000

18

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

8,625,000

5,000

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

450,338,000

20,296,000

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

1,437,342,000

45,049,000

21

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

374,389,000

22,749,000

22

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts 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 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

102,566,000

28,361,000

23

For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority .....

44,194,000

24

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

465,000

1,000

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, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants ........

2,944,624,000

31,276,000

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

8,485,331,000

227,703,000

27

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payment of certain grants ..... .....

475,001,000

47,653,000

28

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 .....

214,945,000

39,000,000

29

For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith

729,807,000

150,000

30

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

274,802,000

237,169,000

31

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

1,303,705,000

436,307,000

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

2,859,321,000

30,550,000

33

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

11,765,000

1,000

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

1,391,311,000

117,839,000

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

649,276,000

2,240,000

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

797,130,000

24,951,000

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 other payments and for sundry grants ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

181,878,000

6,589,000

38

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

8,245,135,000

179,509,000

39

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 miscellaneous grants ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

478,472,000

380,000

40

For the salaries and expenses of the Health Service Executive and certain other services administered by the Executive, including miscellaneous grants ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

11,474,410,000

2,493,009,000

41

For the provision of certain services in respect of children, including miscellaneous grants ..... ..... ..... .... .....

582,794,000

24,955,000

Total of Schedule 1 ...

45,148,322,000

4,154,313,000

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Section 2 .

Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Finance may determine by order under section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , will be available for application towards making good supply in the year ended 31 December 2008 for the capital supply services and purposes in the Votes and corresponding Titles mentioned in columns (1) and (2).

Vote No.

Title

Sums for which surrender is deferred

(1)

(2)

(3)

6

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General’s Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid

800,000

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 for recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief...... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

35,650,000

23

For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

500,000

30

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

2,047,000

31

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

31,413,000

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 a grant-in-aid, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

23,428,000

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

25,181,000

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

3,000,000

39

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 miscellaneous grants ..... .....

4,100,000

Total of Schedule 2 ...

126,119,000