Appropriation Act, 1937

1937 22

No. 22/1937:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1937

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £18,790,005 out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.

2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £18,790,005.

3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

4 Short title.

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.

SCHEDULE (A)

SCHEDULE (B)

AN ACT TO APPLY CERTAIN SUMS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS.

[11th June, 1937.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

Issue of £18,790,005 out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.

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 thirty-eight, the sum of eighteen million, seven hundred and ninety thousand and five pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £18,790,005.

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 eighteen million, seven hundred and ninety thousand and five 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 repayments, 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.

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 twenty-nine million, four hundred and forty-six thousand, eight hundred and twenty-six 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 notes (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 sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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 aggregrate to the sum of two million, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand, one hundred and forty-nine pounds.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1937 .

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS.

Grants out of the Central Fund

£29,446,826

SCHEDULE (B)

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

YEAR	Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants	Appropriations-in-Aid
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
1936-37 (Supplementary	166,821 0 0	62,222 0 0
1937-38	29,280,005 0 0	2,734,927 0 0
TOTAL £	29,466,826 0 0	2,797,149 0 0

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.


For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1937:
Under Act No. 10 of 1937	166,821 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1938:
Under Act No. 10 of 1937	10,490,000 0 0
Under this Act	18,790,005 0 0
TOTAL	£29,446,826 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, 1937.

Vote No.	TITLE	Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants	Appropriations-in-Aid
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		£	£
11	For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works: for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation	10	—
16	For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; etc.); Extra statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance, the Salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.	2,800	—
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	4,170	—
22	For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates	17,487	1,114
26	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.	700	1,700
41	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals	22,350	—
44	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1934, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts	6,229	3,879
46	For the Expenses of Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.	10	—
49	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and sundry Grants-in-Aid, etc.	10	—
52	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in Aid	10	33,259
54	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict. , c. 49, see. 46, and c. 71, see. 4; 48 & 49 Vict. , c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20 ; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, sec. 2 , 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; 25 of 1925 ; 11 of 1926; 19 of 1927, 31 of 1929; 11 of 1931; 33 and 38 of 1933 ; 11 of 1934 ; and 41 of 1936)	32,442	5,000
56	For the Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services including Housing Grants	10	—
58	For Payments connected with Transport and Meteorological Services	16,000	—
63	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 ; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office	14,710	17,270
66	For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, and No. 24 of 1932), Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924, and No. 43 of 1934), Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.	10	—
71	For Expenditure in connection with the Repayment of the Dáil Eireann External Loans	1,000	—
74	For compensation to the National Greyhound Racing Company, Limited	10,000	—
75	For compensation the Dublin Greyhound and Sports Association, Limited	560	—
76	For the Repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances	813	—
77	For an Advance for the establishment of an Air Transport Company (No. 40 of 1936)	2,500	—
78	For a Grant-in-Aid for Peat Fuel Development	35,000	—
	TOTAL OF PART I	£166,821	£62,222

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, 1938.

Vote No.	TITLE	Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants	Appropriations-in-Aid
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		£	£
2	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid	85,043	—
3	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council (No. 16 of 1924)	13,130	—
4	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (No. 1 of 1923), including the National Insurance Audit Office	18,315	—
5	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office	68,691	—
6	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office	809,583	134,695
7	For Old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c.40, 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c.16; 9 and 10 Geo.5, c.102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928, and No. 18 of 1932), for Pensions to blind persons (No. 18. of 1932); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith	3,466,650	600
8	For Bounties on Sugar made from home grown beet, on tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf, and on homemade mineral hydrocarbon light oils, on which drawback is paid	10,100	—
9	For the Salaries and other Expenses of Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries	10,672	—
10	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.)	117,406	30,600
11	For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and for sundry Grants-in-Aid	977,546	68,443
12	For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory	7,700	—
13	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Nos. 5 of 1924, and 41 of 1926), and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926)	23,870	—
14	For payments in respect of destruction of or injuries to Property under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1933, and otherwise	49,260	—
15	For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death	830	—
16	For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24: 22 Vict., c. 26	—	—
	50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo.5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.	443,975	690
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	96,900	3,300
18	For Secret Service	20,000	—
19	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Tariff Commission (No. 40 of 1926 and No. 31 of 1930) and of the Merchandise Marks Commission (No. 48 of 1931)	5,332	—
20	For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)	17,500	—
21	For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid	9,855	—
22	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	136,428	31,065
23	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; and No. 19 of 1932; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925]; including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.	31,324	6,845
24	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services, including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts	31,905	4,587
25	For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; and No. 25 of 1936)	1,270,989	—
26	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 67,280	67,280	2,000
27	For expenses in connection with Haulbow line Dockyard	9,617	—
28	For Grants to Universities and Colleges (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No. 32 of 1926; No. 35 of 1929; and No. 27 of 1934)	162,300	—
29	For a Grant-in-Aid for Electrical Battery Research and Development	46,000	—
30	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office	3,617	—
31	For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks	15,520	—
32	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for justice	38,209	—
33	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925 and No. 10 of 1926)	1,883,725	19,080
34	For the Expenses of Prisons, the Borstal Institution, and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, see. 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)	78,205	8,600
35	For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 10 of 1924, secs. 70 and 76; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 and 50; and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13)	38,853	—
36	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 and No. 48 of 1936)	50,156	1,310
37	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; and No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 45 & 47 Vict., c. 20)	48,374	—
38	For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges, and certain Local Registering Authorities; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)	51,544	29,660
39	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.	4,883	—
40	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 and 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102)	2,546	48
41	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals	1,259,068	14,223
42	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, etc., (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, see. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, sec. 9, and c. 27; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, sec. 11, and c. 90, sec. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13)	12,545	4,050
43	For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107)	13,818	777
44	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1934, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 and 1936, and for sundry Contributions and Grants including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts	294,084	39,479
45	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education	178,188	75
46	For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.	3,599,364	87,986
47	For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers	433,170	37,500
48	For Payments under the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education	263,879	31,972
49	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid	51,755	520
50	For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; and No. 24 of 1929)	109,152	1,700
51	For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid	5,220	-
52	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid	637,350	1,286,864
53	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid	41,749	19,455
54	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, see. 46, and c. 71, see. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, sec. 2; 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; 25 of 1925; 11 of 1926; 19 of 1927; 31 of 1929; 11 of 1931; 33 and 38 of 1933; 11 of 1934; and 41 of 1936)	1,743,146	133,750
55	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58; and No. 34 of 1928), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land	152,788	9,150
56	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants	89,139	33,570
57	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee, and sundry Grants-in-Aid	490,456	5,440
58	For Transport and Meteorological Services	74,322	—
59	For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal (No. 29 of 1924 and No. 8 and No. 9 of 1933)	2,845	—
60	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1933 and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]	9,622	1,978
61	For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance a n d Employment Exchanges (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; and No. 38 of 1935)	1,052,280	631,570
62	For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927 and No. 13 of 1929)	14,439	—
63	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; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office	2,165,885	96,240
64	For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926)	61,374	—
65	For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts; certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; and Expenses under the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Act, 1931	1,595,810	57,105
66	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, and No. 15 of 1937), Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924, and No. 43 of 1934), Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.	610,310	—
67	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)	84,502	—
68	For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith	12,912	—
69	For Schemes for the Provision of Employment and the Relief of Distress, including cost of administration	1,500,000	—
70	For Export Bounties and Subsidies	2,242,000	—
71	For Expenditure in connection with the Repayment of the Dáil Éireann External Loans	3,000	—
72	For Payment to the Pensions Investment Account [ Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), sec. 42 (2)]	250,000	—
73	For the payment to the last holder of the office of Governor-General provided for in Section 4 ( 2) (a) of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937)	2,000	—
	TOTAL OF PART II.	29,280,005	2,734,927
	TOTAL OF SCHEDULE (B) £	29,446,826	2,797,149

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