Appropriation Act, 1971

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Number 37 of 1971


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1971


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £535,730,450.

2.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24

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Number 37 of 1971


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1971


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 . [27th December, 1971.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £535,730,450.

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 five hundred and thirty-five million, seven hundred and thirty thousand, four hundred and fifty pounds and comprising the sum of thirty-four million, eight hundred and forty-eight thousand, four hundred and fifty pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1971, and the sum of five hundred million, eight hundred and eighty-two thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1972, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule annexed hereto.

(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 the Schedule 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 thiry-seven million, ninety-seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two pounds.

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1971.

SCHEDULE

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, 1971.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid

45,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

10

6

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

16,000

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; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

636,000

46,000*

10

For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

32,000

5,000

21

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 certain grants-in-aid

2,550,000

26

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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid

348,400

21.000

28

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

2,612,000

35,650*

29

For Secondary Education

410,000

30

For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid

448,000

32

For grants-in-aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

677,500

35

For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

657,300

50,000

36

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair

7,000

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

10

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

250,000

50,000

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

10

315,000*

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

4,300,010

1,292,000

43

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

4,480,010

341,000*

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; for certain extra-statutory children's allowances and for sundry grants

268,000

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

64,000

2,000

46

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith

10,500

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

8,730,000

144,000

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 certain grants-in-aid

6,575,000

49

For the expenses of the maintenance, etc., of patients in the Central Mental Hospital

43,700

51

For Remuneration

1,688,000

Total of Part I                                    £

34,848,450

826,350

*

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 31 st day of March, 1972.

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

23,000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid

897,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

99,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

1,074,000

2,500

5

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

99,200

21,000

6

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

2,580,000

16,500

7

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

7,645,000

224,000

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; for the execution and maintenance of drainage and other engineering works; and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

10,988,000

1,670,117

9

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

81,700

1,800

10

For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

70,000

203,000

11

For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

80,000

12

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.

3,136,000

651,000

13

For Secret Service

15,000

14

For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land

24,771,000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges

362,000

8,000

16

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid

564,400

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes

1,237,000

299,800

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services

516,000

64,100

19

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

1,110,000

167,350

20

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, including a grant-in-aid; and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.

438,000

1,775

21

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

17,371,000

1,075,200

22

For the expenses of prisons; St. Patrick's; Shanganagh; and the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals

1,173,000

51,100

23

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

1,014,000

76,000

24

For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

496,500

25

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

19,200

73

26

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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid

14,262,000

454,800

27

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 for payment of sundry grants-in-aid

7,124,000

20,450

28

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

30,938,000

259,100

29

For Secondary Education

22,179,000

234,600

30

For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid

12,195,000

58,520

31

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

649,000

1,700

32

For grants-in-aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

10,199,000

33

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

84,900

1,000

34

For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission

4,161,000

318,025

35

For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

6,387,000

1,150,000

36

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair

2,505,000

500

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

72,772,000

4,102,481

38

For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid

1,775,000

29,506

39

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

3,826,000

621,000

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

28,823,000

661,530

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

22,265,000

3,402,050

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 certain grants-in-aid

37,352,000

14,977,010

43

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

19,175,000

830,000

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; for certain extra-statutory children's allowances and for sundry grants

4,299,000

33,355

45

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

1,533,000

14,750

46

For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith

413,600

100

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

75,326,000

2,529,010

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 certain grants-in-aid

45,912,000

2,035,300

49

For the expenses of the maintenance, etc., of patients in the Central Mental Hospital

156,500

3,500

50

For payment of increases in certain pensions, allowances and retired pay in respect of public service and for payment of allowances to widows of military service pensioners

710,000

Total of Part II                                    £

500,882,000

36,271,602

Total of Schedule                                    £

535,730,450

37,097,952

*Deficit.