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Payments in aid to county councils.
[1930 SMG, s. 9]
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285.—(1) The Minister may, out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas, pay, in respect of any local financial year and in accordance with regulations made under this Chapter, to a county council to which this Chapter applies and which provides meals during such year under and in accordance with this Chapter and regulations made thereunder, a sum not exceeding whichever of the following amounts is the less towards the expenses incurred by such council in such year in providing food under this Chapter—
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(a) one-half of such expenses, or
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(b) a sum which bears to the sum of £10,000 the same proportion as the number of children certified by the Minister for Education under this section to have attended national schools in the Gaeltacht area, of such council during the prescribed period for such year bears to the number of children certified by that Minister to have attended national schools in the Gaeltacht during that period.
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(2) For the purposes of the certificates of the Minister for Education referred to in subsection (1) (b) the following provisions shall have effect—
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(a) that Minister shall prescribe in relation to every local financial year a period of 12 months which shall be the prescribed period for such year, and
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(b) the number of children attending any school or schools shall be ascertained and calculated in such manner as that Minister shall think proper.
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[1933 SMG, s.2]
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(3) Where the sum of £10,000 exceeds the total grants made under subsection (1) in respect of any local financial year, and there is in relation to any council a deficiency in respect of such year, the following provisions shall have effect—
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(a) in case there is a deficiency in relation to one council only in respect of such year, the Minister may, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay to that council a sum not exceeding whichever of the following amounts is the less—
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(i) an amount equal to the excess, or
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(ii) an amount equal to the deficiency;
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(b) in case there are deficiencies in relation to two or more councils in respect of such year, and the excess is not less than the total of the deficiencies, the Minister may, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay to each such council a sum not exceeding the amount of the deficiency in relation to such council in respect of such year;
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(c) in case there are deficiencies in relation to two or more councils in respect of such year and the excess is less than the total of the deficiencies, the Minister may, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay to each such council a sum which bears to the excess the same proportion as the deficiency in relation to such council in respect of such year bears to the total of the deficiencies in relation to all such councils in respect of such year.
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(4) Any moneys paid under subsection (3) to a council in respect of a local financial year shall be so paid by way of increase of the grant made under subsection (1) to that council in respect of such year.
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[1933 SMG, s. 1]
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(5) Where a grant has been made under subsection (1) to a council in respect of any local financial year and the amount of the grant is less than one-half of the expenses incurred by the council in such year in providing food under this Chapter, the difference between the grant and such one-half shall for the purposes of this Chapter be the deficiency in relation to the council in respect of such year.
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