Appropriation Act 2014

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Number 35 of 2014


APPROPRIATION ACT 2014


1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €42,657,904,000

2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €79,044,000

3. Repayable advances from the Central Fund

4. Amendment of section 3 of Appropriation Act 1999

5. Short title

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services


Acts Referred to

Appropriation Act 1999 (No. 34)

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 (No. 26)

Finance Act 2004 (No. 8)

Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891 (55 Vict, c. 24)

Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004

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Number 35 of 2014


APPROPRIATION ACT 2014


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, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund, and to provide for related matters.

[19 th December, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €42,657,904,000

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-two thousand, six hundred and fifty-seven million, nine hundred and four thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2014 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 three thousand, five hundred and eighty two million, seven hundred and eight thousand euro.

Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €79,044,000

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 are set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2015, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of seventy nine million and forty four thousand euro.

Repayable advances from the Central Fund

3. (1) The Minister for Finance may, following a request from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s Supply Account, having regard to the sums payable from that Account, put in place funding arrangements to facilitate electronic funds transfers where payments to discharge a liability are due on 1 and 2 January 2015.

(2) Amounts required by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1), which in aggregate shall not exceed €250 million, shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any sums so advanced shall be repaid from the Paymaster General’s Supply Account to the Central Fund in January 2015.

Amendment of section 3 of Appropriation Act 1999

4. Section 3 of the Appropriation Act 1999 is amended with effect from 1 January 2015—

(a) by substituting “1 January 2015” for “1 January 2006”,

(b) by substituting “Minister for Health” for “Health Service Executive” in both places where it occurs, and

(c) by substituting “his or her functions” for “its functions”.

Short title

5. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2014.

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

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 2014.

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 General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President’s Establishment and for certain grants

3,267,000

120,000

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

21,423,000

878,000

3

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

14,301,000

788,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

39,577,000

1,943,000

5

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

36,838,000

975,000

6

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

26,309,000

1,860,000

7

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

31,200,000

1,500,000

8

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

5,922,000

5,875,000

9

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

320,463,000

72,966,000

10

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

477,000

32,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid

35,898,000

4,000,000

12

For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; 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.

384,800,000

93,000,000

13

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure

354,146,000

27,026,000

14

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

7,795,000

852,000

15

For Secret Service

1,000,000

16

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

8,904,000

1,291,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service

6,987,000

245,000

18

For the salaries and expenses of Shared Services

30,581,000

3,468,000

19

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

7,743,000

397,000

20

For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of a grant-in-aid

1,314,728,000

126,800,000

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

317,795,000

16,393,000

22

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, 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

58,031,000

48,722,000

23

For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority

30,108,000

979,000

24

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid

324,596,000

55,940,000

25

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

773,591,000

94,632,000

26

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants and grants-in-aid

7,951,544,000

554,333,000

27

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

478,013,000

1,150,000

28

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants-in-aid and contributions to International Organisations

167,236,000

45,048,000

29

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

194,506,000

237,000,000

30

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

1,135,103,000

66,797,000

31

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

1,437,669,000

394,431,000

32

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, 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

732,075,000

48,948,000

33

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

259,458,000

4,439,000

34

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

7,274,000

3,256,000

35

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

220,190,000

5,500,000

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

640,292,000

36,638,000

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Protection, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund and for certain grants

11,856,900,000

242,020,000

38

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including miscellaneous grants

201,969,000

3,916,000

39

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

12,232,496,000

1,355,313,000

40

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payment of grants including certain grants under cash-limited schemes

974,268,000

22,887,000

41

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement

12,431,000

350,000

Total of Schedule 1

42,657,904,000

3,582,708,000

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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 2015 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)

18

For the salaries and expenses of Shared Services

998,000

29

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

4,600,000

30

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

18,000,000

31

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

29,105,000

32

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, 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

20,000,000

33

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

6,216,000

41

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement

125,000

Total of Schedule 2

79,044,000