Appropriation Act, 1952

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Number 17 of 1952.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1952.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Section

1.

Issue of £57,267,183 out of the Central Fund for the year, 1952–53.

2.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £57,267,183.

Appropriation of Grants.

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £101,757,713.

4.

Short title.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

Schedule (B).


Acts Referred to

Payments in connection with Injuries to Property

No. 24 of 1941

Foreshore Act, 1933

No. 12 of 1933

cost of medical treatment

No. 19 of 1946

Irish Red Cross Society

No. 32 of 1938

Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office

No. 16 of 1924

President's Establishment

No. 24 of 1938

Comptroller and Auditor General

No. 1 of 1923

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

No. 13 of 1940

Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting

No. 45 of 1926

Pensions Investment Account

No. 29 of 1935

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund

No. 22 of 1946

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Number 17 of 1952.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1952.


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1952, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [1st August, 1952.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Issue of £57,267,183 out of the Central Fund for the year, 1952–53.

1.—The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Central Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, the sum of fifty-seven million, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand, one hundred and eighty-three pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £57,267,183.

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole fifty-seven million, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand, one hundred and eighty-three pounds, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise, as he thinks fit.

(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

Appropriation of Grants.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £101,757,713.

3.—(1) All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule (A) annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and one million, seven hundred and fifty-seven thousand, seven hundred and thirteen pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed thereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the note (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

(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 Schedule (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby in the aggregate to the sum of four million, four hundred and sixty-nine thousand, two hundred and eight pounds.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1952.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS.

Grants out of Central Fund

£101,757,713

0

0

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Year

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1951–52 (Supplementary)

11,350,190

0

0

*181,430

0

0

1952–53

90,407,523

0

0

4,650,638

0

0

Total

101,757,713

0

0

4,469,208

0

0

*Deficit.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£

s.

d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1952: Under Act No. 6 of 1952

11,350,190

0

0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day March, 1953:

Under Act No. 6 of 1952

33,140,340

0

0

Under this Act

57,267,183

0

0

Total

101,757,713

0

0

Schedule B.

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Part I.

Schedule of Supplementary 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, for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1952.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

10

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

35,000

14

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board

27,000

17

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

5,000

20

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 36 of 1946; etc.)

80,000

23

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid, Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property (No. 24 of 1941) and Payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries

4,300

24

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

111,400

7,300

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

4,140

980

27

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

10

*257,700

28

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including a Grant-in-Aid

10

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

1,200

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, a Grant to Comhaltas Uladh, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

1,250

47

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46 and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 & 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; and No. 16 of 1950)

25,000

48

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

10

59,490

50

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

3,730,195

51

For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1947, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); for expenses in connection with the issue of Medals and Certificates; and for the Coast Life Saving Service

2,350,000

56

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938)

20,000

57

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946 and Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945 and Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948 and No. 30 of 1950); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

20,000

58

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid

10

500

61

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1951); for Supplements (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

337,000

66

For Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

75,000

67

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

835,000

8,000

70

For Grants-in-Aid in connection with Technical Assistance afforded by the United States Economic Cooperation Administration and for other expenditure on Technical Assistance

10

71

For Increases in Remuneration of Civil Servants, Members of the Gárda Síochána and of the Defence Forces, and of Teachers

3,683,000

72

For the Salaries and Expenses of Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar gCúng

4,140

73

For a Grant to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951)

1,100

74

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

415

Total of Part I

£11,350,190

*181,430

*Deficit.

Schedule (B).

Part II.

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 March, 1953.

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, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938)

6,440

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid

201,020

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947)

26,240

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

131,180

150

5

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (No. 1 of 1923)

33,600

5,740

6

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office

164,350

1,505

7

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office

1,679,870

55,000

8

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, secs. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.)

287,100

82,200

9

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works

2,977,050

88,097

10

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

1,008,000

11

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

32,620

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

15,190

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924 and No. 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946)

39,150

12,325

14

For a Grant to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951)

10,000

15

For the Salaries and Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries

10,100

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1947, 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; etc.

1,070,100

41,505

17

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

258,600

900

18

For Secret Service

5,000

19

For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

19,000

20

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 36 of 1946; etc.)

3,850,989

21

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in Relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates

105,930

4,000

22

For Grants to Universities and Colleges, including certain Grants-in-Aid

547,074

23

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid, Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property (No. 24 of 1941) and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries

26,250

24

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

570,220

78,405

25

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey (15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 & 23 Vict., c. 8; 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 37; No. 19 of 1923; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

59,910

7,495

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

54,820

7,500

27

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

5,689,230

817,137

28

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

211,530

37,462

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

80,360

30

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, and Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949)

3,608,840

75,956

31

For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

197,020

20,039

32

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; No. 21 of 1946 and No. 8 of 1951) and for a Capitation grant

80,930

33

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges, Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)

115,840

28,525

34

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, No. 48 of 1936, and No. 25 of 1945)

87,780

605

35

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

88,380

36

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

9,090

37

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102)

4,310

38

38

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, and Miscellaneous Grants

4,395,020

43,665

39

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and for Expenses connected with the Council of Education

324,390

88

40

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

7,333,160

97,400

41

For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund

1,268,970

42,115

42

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1950 (No. 29 of 1930; No. 50 of 1936; No. 9 of 1944; No. 1 of 1947; No. 8 of 1948; and No. 33 of 1950) and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

851,900

35,114

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

163,190

6,330

44

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941 and No. 6 of 1949)

236,700

8,850

45

For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940)

62,830

46

For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid

10,860

47

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38, and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; and No. 16 of 1950)

1,738,470

143,980

48

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

925,700

172,750

49

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns

289,660

245,149

50

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

9,552,180

223,120

51

For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1947, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for the Coast Life Saving Service

2,068,830

5,370

52

For Aviation and Meteorological Services

540,570

192,518

53

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927, No. 13 of 1929, No. 45 of 1947 and No. 32 of 1949)

24,870

54

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of 1951, etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

7,360,000

307,840

55

For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) including Public Concerts

226,260

56,000

56

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938)

6,503,570

143,385

57

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946 and Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, and Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948 and No. 30 of 1950); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

995,080

58

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid

384,150

1,900

59

For contributions to the Council of Europe and the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation and towards certain projects of the United Nations Organisation; and for other expenses in connection therewith

37,400

60

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

446,200

660,125

61

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1951); and for Supplements (No. 22 of 1946)

8,290,000

3,000

62

For Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944; No. 8 of 1946; and No. 12 of 1952)

4,426,000

63

For Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund) and Unemployment Assistance (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945; No. 37 of 1946, and No. 17 of 1948)

1,109,900

555,270

64

For payment to the Pensions Investment Account (No. 29 of 1935), and to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund (No. 22 of 1946)

1,027,010

65

For certain Grants to the National Health Insurance Fund and for other payments under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1950, and the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)

586,000

66

For sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

264,000

67

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

5,101,400

312,575

68

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, etc. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, sec. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11 sec. 9, and c. 27; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 90, sec. 20; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13)

20,830

7,710

69

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945)

36,860

1,800

70

For expenditure on Technical Assistance

200,000

20,000

71

For the Salaries and expenses of Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar gCúng

7,450

72

For Grants-in-Aid for the promotion of Tourism

235,000

Total of Part II                           £

90,407,523

4,650,638

Total of Schedule (B)                 £

101,757,713

4,469,208