Appropriation Act, 1965

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Number 21 of 1965.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1965


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Issue of £144,857,090 out of the Central Fund for the year 1965-66.

2.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £144,857,090.

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £243,338,174.

4.

Borrowing in currency other than currency of the State.

5.

Short title.

Abstracts of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers

Schedule A

Schedule B

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Number 21 of 1965.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1965


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 SIXTY-SIX, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1965, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [30th July, 1965.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS :—

Grants out of the Central Fund

Issue of £144,857,090 out of the Central Fund for the year 1965-66.

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 sixty-six, the sum of one hundred and forty-four million, eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand and ninety pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £144,857,090.

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole one hundred and forty-four million, eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand, and ninety 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., £243,338,174.

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 two hundred and forty-three million, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand, one hundred and seventy-four 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 eighteen million, one hundred and eight thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four pounds.

Borrowing in currency other than currency of the State.

4.—(1) For the purpose of any borrowing which he is authorised to make under this Act or any Act passed before or after the passing of this Act, the Minister for Finance may borrow in a currency other than the currency of the State.

(2) The amount to be paid into the Exchequer in respect of any borrowing effected under this section shall be the actual proceeds in the currency of the State of the borrowing and, for the purposes of the borrowing powers of the Minister for Finance, the amount paid into the Exchequer shall be deemed to be the actual amount borrowed.

(3) The amount to be issued from the Exchequer for the purpose of repayment of, or the payment of interest on, borrowing effected under this section shall be the cost in the currency of the State of the repayment or of the payment of interest.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1965.

Abstract of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers

Schedule A

GRANTS

Grants out of Central Fund

£243,338,174

Schedule B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Sums not exceeding

Year

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

£

1964–65 (Supplementary)

23,188,684

1,062,900

1965–66

220,149,490

17,046,094

Total               £

243,338,174

18,108,994

Schedule A

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND

£

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1965.

Under Act No. 4 of 1965

23,188,684

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966.

Under Act No. 4 of 1965

75,292,400

Under this Act

144,857,090

Total                £

243,338,174

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, 1965.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

9

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

720,000

76,000*

16

For Grants to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land

1,775,000

18

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid

32,500

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc., and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force

805,000

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

210,330

2,700*

30

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.

2,100,000

31

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

1,006,200

32

For Vocational Education, including a Grant-in-Aid

129,000

34

For Grants-in-Aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

255,400

37

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry, including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

469,000

65,000*

40

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

7,341,000

260,000

41

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 sundry Grants-in-Aid

30

42

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

2,100,000

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and of certain other Services administered by that Office, and for payment of a Grant-in-Aid

2,816,000

568,900

44

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 a Grant-in-Aid

1,954,600

81,000

46

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including a Grant-in-Aid

20,400

7,700

48

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain Services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for Sundry Grants

1,136,000

289,000

49

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

318,000

53

For the recoupment to the Local Loans Fund of certain amounts written off the assets of the Fund

224

£23,188,684

1,062,900

*Deficit.

*

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, 1966.

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, including a Grant-in-Aid

£

£

14,300

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Grants-in-Aid

510,000

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

43,500

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

327,360

1,500

5

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

54,700

12,000

6

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

595,500

6,070

7

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

3,749,700

140,000

8

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works, 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

9,429,500

979,017

9

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

922,600

53,000

10

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

37,640

1,360

11

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

44,000

50,000

12

For a Grant (Grant-in-Aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

40,000

13

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, 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.

1,816,000

188,600

14

For Secret Service

8,500

15

For Grants to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land

12,500,000

16

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

225,000

8,000

17

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid

345,160

18

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Printing and Binding, and the provision of Paper, Publications, Office Machinery and other Office Supplies for Public Services; and for sundry Miscellaneous Purposes, including the publication and sale of Reports of Oireachtas Debates, Bills, Acts and Other Government Publications

763,000

212,700

19

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain Minor Services

282,000

32,600

20

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

717,500

100,500

21

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including certain Grants-in-Aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

241,810

525

22

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc., and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force

8,893,000

319,090

23

For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals

402,950

37,600

24

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund

502,730

43,724

25

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

225,270

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

11,580

43

27

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 including a Grant-in-Aid

7,821,700

179,000

28

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

1,132,500

14,936

29

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc.

17,306,400

127,000

30

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

5,515,400

51,060

31

For Vocational Education, including a Grant-in-Aid

3,478,500

51,610

32

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention

285,550

5,000

33

For Grants-in-Aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

2,889,300

34

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

25,410

150

35

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission

3,414,700

208,220

36

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry, including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

3,606,200

612,000

37

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

837,400

28,400

38

Le haghaidh Tuarastail agus Costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair

954,700

5,100

39

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

31,765,000

951,375

40

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 sundry Grants-in-Aid

7,044,000

112,114

41

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

7,609,100

1,424,860

42

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and of certain other Services administered by that Office, and for payment of a Grant-in-Aid

18,727,000

9,114,400

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Minister for Defence, including certain Services administered by that Office; for the Pay and Expenses of the Defence Forces; and for payment of Grant-in-Aid

10,440,700

150,740

44

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, and for certain Extra-Statutory Children's Allowances

2,377,130

2,500

45

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including a Grant-in-Aid

727,500

11,300

46

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations and Intergovernmental Legal Bodies; and for other expenses in connection therewith

185,000

50

47

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain Services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for Sundry Grants

35,508,000

1,781,000

48

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid

15,338,900

25,500

49

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc., of Patients in the Central Mental Hospital

81,100

3,450

50

For payment of Increases in certain Pensions, etc., in respect of public service

375,000

£

220,149,490

17,046,094

Total of ScheduleB           £

243,338,174

18,108,994

*Deficit.