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Appropriation Act, 1960

1960 29

No. 29/1960:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1960


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £777, 940 out of the Central Fund for the year 1959-60.

2 Issue of £84, 353, 620 out of the Central Fund for the year 1960-61.

3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £85,131, 560.

4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £130, 299, 560.

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 SIXTY, AND THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1960 , AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING.

[28th July, 1960.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS, AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND

Issue of £777, 940 out of the Central Fund for the year 1959-60.

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 sixty, the sum of seven hundred and seventy seven thousand, nine hundred and forty pounds.

Issue of £84, 353, 620 out of the Central Fund for the year 1960-61.

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 sixty-one, the sum of eighty-four million, three hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred and twenty pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £85,131, 560.

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 eighty-five million, one hundred and thirty-one thousand, five hundred and sixty 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., £130, 299, 560.

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 thirty million, two hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty 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 ten million, four hundred and seventy-nine thousand and seventeen pounds.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1960 .

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES A AND B TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS

SCHEDULE A

GRANTS

Grants out of Central Fund £130,299,560 0 0

SCHEDULE B

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

YEAR

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriation-in Aid
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1959-60 (Supplementary) 4,957,500 0 0 2,503,285 0 0
1960-61 125,342,060 0 0 7,975,732 0 0
TOTAL £ 130,299,560 0 0 10,479,017 0 0

SCHEDULE A

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1960: £ s. d

Under Act No. 8 of 1900

4,179,560 0 0

Under this Act

777,940 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1961:

Under Act No. 8 of 1960

40,988,440 0 0

Under this Act

84,353,620 0 0
Total £130,299,560 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, 1960.

Vote No.

TITLE

Sums not exceeding
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)

3,330

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; No. 18 of 1956; and No. 11 of 1959)

140,000

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)

58,560

28 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. 8 Edw. 7, c. 59 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58 and No. 9 of 1956)

13,130

* 1 2,150

35 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

195,000

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

450,000

5,000

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

10

45 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 1930; 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; No. 16 of 1950; No. 18 of 1953; and No. 21 of 1954)

32,000

1,750

46 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

90,250

49,500

48 Le haghaidh Tuarastal, agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair

10

* 2 20,315

49 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

2,133,500

2,447,500

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 Subsides and sundry Grants-in-Aid

679,000

52 For Aviation and Meteorological Services including a Grant-in-Aid

140,000

54 For a Grant to Bord Fáilte Éireann (No. 5 of 1955) and for certain additional Grants-in-Aid

10

55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Mini 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 1953; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of 1951; etc.), of certain other Services administered by that Office, and of the Television Advisory Committee.

10

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)

2,000

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

587,000

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

119,400

22,000

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

800

68 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport and Power

5,460

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

1,030

70 For Remuneration of Civil Servants 277,000
£ 4,957,500 2,503,285

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, 1961.

TITLE

Sums not exceeding
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) including a Grant-in-Aid

9,820

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

324,490

3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

31,18.0

4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

188,990

700

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

39,600

6,305

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

269,310

1,505

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

2,435,000

57,060

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.)

517,550

117,000

9 For Expenditure in respect of Public Build 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

4,224,000

257,157

10 For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

826,080

35,000

11 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 28,500 1,260
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No, 45 of 1956 and No. 38 of 1959) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946)

46,580

17,475

13 For a Grant to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951) 20,000
14 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.

1,240,120

134,445

15 For Secret Service 7,500
16 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

18,200

17 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; No. 18 of 1956 and No. 11 of 1959)

5,110,000

18 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

133,410

5,500

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

27,190

20 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, Bins, Acts and Other Government Publications

531,330

111,010

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

201,760

16,900

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

526,500

11,500

23 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

110,490

24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda 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; No. 41 of 1947; No. 44 of 1956; and No. 43 of 1959) 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)

5,275,610

122,267

25 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. 122, 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)

218,960

27,700

26 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

109,070

27 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.)

143,030

33,700

28 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, No. 25 of 1945 and No. 32 of 1953)

113,830

1,200

29 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)

123,670

30 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.

11,080

31 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)

6,690

38

32 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

5,131,890

64,915

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

418,700

100

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

10,478,240

140,800

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

2,629,490

62,200

36 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

1,478,440

41,028

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

244,320

12,240

38 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; No. 6 of 1949; and No. 28 of 1957)

254,170

3,885

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

85,450

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

986,630

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

13,370

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

2,231,940

178,000

43 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

2,566,700

363,000

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

323,000

32,485

45 Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair

522,730

495

46 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

12,250,350

2,525,238

47 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

3,671,000

205,789

48 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 a Grant in-Aid

3,646,670

662,196

49 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 1953; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of, 1951; No. 10 of 1960; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including the Television Advisory Committee, and for payment of Grants-in-Aid

10,593,000

813,592

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

145,500

31,500

51 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)

7,472,740

185,247

52 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, Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949., No. 23 of 1953, No. 19 of 1957, and No. 15 of 1959, etc.); 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, Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949, No. 5 of 1953 and No. 12 of 1957, etc.); 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, etc.); 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.

1,717,630

53 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

459,130

7,500

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

95,470

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

503,600

1,009,610

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

4,255,000

57 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

21,354,000

332,000

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

8,765,600

343,700

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

50,760

1,490

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

127,000

£125,342,060 7,975,732
TOTAL OF SCHEDULE B £130,299,560 10,479,017


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