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Appropriation Act, 1958

1958 26

No. 26/1958:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1958


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £271,860 out of the Central Fund for the year 1957-58.

2 Issue of £73,502,220 out of the Central Fund for the year 1958-59.

3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,774,080.

4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz, £118,329,717.

5 Short title.

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES A AND B TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE B


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AND THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1958 , AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING.

[30th July, 1958.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND

Issue of £271,860 out of the Central Fund for the year 1957-58.

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 ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, the sum of two hundred and seventy-one thousand, eight hundred and sixty pounds.

Issue of £73,502,220 out of the Central Fund for the year 1958-59.

2.—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-nine, the sum of seventy-three million, five hundred and two thousand, two hundred and twenty pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,774,080.

3.—(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 seventy-three million, seven hundred and seventy-four thousand and eighty 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, £118,329,717.

4.—(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 eighteen million, three hundred and twenty-nine thousand, seven hundred and seventeen 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 seven million, one hundred and ninety-six thousand, one hundred and eight pounds.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1958 .

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES A AND B TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS

SCHEDULE A

GRANTS

Grants out of Central Fund £118,329,717 0 0

SCHEDULE B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

YEAR Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations in-Aid
£ s. d £ s. d
1957-58 (Supplementary) 8,327,497 0 0 157,910 0 0
1958-59 110,002,220 0 0 7,038,198 0 0
TOTAL £ 118,329,717 0 0 7,196,108 0 0

SCHEDULE A

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND

£. s. d
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1958:
Under Act No. 6 of 1958 8,055,637 0 0
Under this Act 271,860 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1959:
Under Act No. 6 of 1958 36,500,000 0 0
Under this Act 73,502,220 0 0
TOTAL £118,329,717 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, 1958.

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)

224,000

10,000

16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1956, 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.

30,000

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

10,200

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

25,000

* 1 3,000.

25 For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey Office, including certain other Services administered by that Office

10

510

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

3,007,000

* 2 85,000.

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

44,800

800

29 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for justice, including certain other Services administered by that Office

2,350

30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc. (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 68; No. 25 of 1924; No. 7 of. 1925; No. 10 of 1926; No. 32 of 1933; No. 5 of 1937; No. 19 of 1941; Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945; and No. 41 of 1947) 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)

26,300

* 3 5,900

33 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Temporary Additional Circuit judges and Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc. )

8,250

* 4 5,810

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

230,010

196,310

51 For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain Protective Equipment for Ships; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for the Coast Life Saving Service

1,800,000

50,000

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

4,750

61 For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952)

872,000

62 For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

2,023,000

66 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

19,827

£ 8,327,497 157,910

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, 1959.

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)

8,340

2

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

235,420

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)

26,830

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office 133,790 600

5

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

34,960

6,120

6

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

171,130

1,505

7

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

2,009,350

81,000

8

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

453,40

104,000

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 a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation

3,562,000

240,783

10

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

823,400

30,000

11

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

59,000

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

26,150

1,160

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 45 of 1956) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946)

41,100

17,650

14

For a Grant to An Chomliairle Ealaion (No. 9 of 1951) 20,000

15

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

7,080

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation),and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1956, and sundry other Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; Ices to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries; etc.

1,047,000

129,960

17

For Secret Service 6.000

18

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

18,500

19

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; No. 36 of 1953; and No. 18 of 1956)

5,020,000

20

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 off certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates

118,600

5,000

21

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

23,980

22

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

501,300

108,564

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey Office, including certain other Services administered by that Office

81,480

8,300

24

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

77,560

7,510

25

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

363,000

11,000

26

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

9,513,310

1,754,375

27

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for justice, including certain other Services administered by that Office

97,550

28

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc. (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 68; No. 25 of 1924; No. 7 of 1925; No. 10 of 1926 -, No. 32 of 1933; No. 5 of 1937 -, No. 19 of 1941; Nos. 1 and 17 of 19. 15, No. 41 of 1947; and No. 44 of 1956) 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)

4,807,140

111,613

29

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 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58; and No. 9 of 1956)

176,730

29,306

30

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; No. 8 of 1951; and No. 32 of 1953) and for a Capitation grant

89,990

31

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Temporary Additional Circuit judges and Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)

124,050

37,200

32

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. 49 of 1936, No. 25 of 1945 and No. 32 of 1953)

102,670

1,880

33

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)

109,280

34

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.

9,410

35

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; 34 & 35 Vict. , c. 102; and No. 18 of 1955)

6,090

38

36

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

3,734,460

57,525

37

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

378,670

93

38

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuatior, etc

9,225.530

124,840

39

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

2,171,840

60,390

40

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1953 (No. 29 of 1930; No. 50 of 1936; No. 9 of 1944; No. 1 of 1947; No. 33 of 1950; and No. 37 of 1953), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

1,246,960

39,774

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

186,870

10,020

42

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 7 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941 No. 6 of 1949; and No. 28 of 1957)

243,830

4,230

43

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

69,300

44

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

670,200

45

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

11,440

46

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict. , c. 9, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict. , c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 54 & 55 Vict. , c. 48, S. 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 3S of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; No. 16 of 1950; No. 18 of 1953; and No. 21 of 1954)

2,009,380

172,019

47

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946 and No. 6 of 1956), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

1,904,550

321,000

48

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

193,820

29,330

49

Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinnna Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais lehaghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair

542,500

153,760

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

1,583,280

169,064

51

For certain Transport Services, for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [ Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain Protective Equipment for Ships; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946; and for the Coast Life Saving Service

3,788,410

131,145

52

For Aviation and Meteorological Services 528,759 666,500

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, No. 32 of 1949 and No. 13 of 1957)

27,330

54

For a Grant to Bord Éireann (No. 5 of 1955) 440,000

55

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 195S; 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

8,840,260

527,538

56

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

436,500

93,500

57

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Act, 1954 (No. 18 of 1954), 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. ; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938)

6,208,560

209,690

58

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 21 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946, Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949, No. 23 of 1953 and No. 19 of 1957); 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 1941, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949, No. 5 of 1953 and No. 12 of 1957); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948, No. 30 of 1950, No. 27 of 1952, No. 4 of 1953 and No. 17 of 1957); 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,.

1,654,750

59

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

413,850

5,471

60

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

97,970

61

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

470,800

926,020

62

For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952)

4,251,000

63

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

20,561,000

314,000

64

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health (including Oifigan Ard-Chliraitheora), and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities and miscellaneous Grants

8,152,900

333,220

65

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

44,880

1,505

66

For the Repayment to the Central Fund of Sums Advanced under the Trade Loans (Guarantee) Acts (No. 5 of 1039, sec. 10 (3))

7,000

£ 110,002,220 7,038,198
TOTAL OF SCHEDULE B £ 118,329,717 7,196,108


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