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23 2008

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Number 23 of 2008


APPROPRIATION ACT 2008


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €50,049,646,000.

2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €128,453,000.

3. Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2008.

4. Short title.

SCHEDULE 1

Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

SCHEDULE 2

Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965

1965, No. 26

Finance Act 2004

2004, No. 8

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict., c. 24

Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004

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Number 23 of 2008


APPROPRIATION ACT 2008


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT 1965, TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO DEFERRED SURRENDER TO THE CENTRAL FUND OF CERTAIN UNDISCHARGED APPROPRIATIONS BY REFERENCE TO THE CAPITAL SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES AS PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 91 OF THE FINANCE ACT 2004 AND TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 14 OCTOBER 2008.

[18th December, 2008]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €50,049,646,000.

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 fifty thousand and forty-nine million, six hundred and forty-six thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2008 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1 .

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), 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 1 , the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of four thousand, four hundred and seventy-two million seven hundred and ninety-nine thousand euro.

Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €128,453,000.

2 .— For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 , in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1 , there is set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2009, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and twenty-eight million, four hundred and fifty-three thousand euro.

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2008.

3 .— (1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2008 and referred to in subsection (2) may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 , be enacted in the year 2009 if not enacted by 31 December 2008.

(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows:

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to income tax and to the introduction of an income levy);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to income tax and to an increase in the rate of mortgage interest relief for first time buyers and reduction in the rate for non-first time buyers);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to income tax and to an increase in the specified rate for preferential loans, other than home loans);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to value-added-tax and to an increase in the standard rate);

(e) Financial Resolution No. 5 (which relates to an increase in excise duties on tobacco and tobacco products);

(f) Financial Resolution No. 6 (which relates to an increase in excise duty on wine and a reduction in excise duty on low alcohol beers and cider);

(g) Financial Resolution No. 7 (which relates to excise duty and an increase in the mineral oil tax on petrol);

(h) Financial Resolution No. 8 (which relates to excise duty and an increase in betting duty rate);

(i) Financial Resolution No. 9 (which relates to a reduction in the earnings limit in relation to certain pension contributions);

(j) Financial Resolution No. 10 (which relates to an increase in deposit interest retention tax);

(k) Financial Resolution No. 11 (which relates to an increase in exit tax rate on life assurance policies and investment undertakings);

(l) Financial Resolution No. 12 (which relates to an increase in the capital gains tax rate);

(m) Financial Resolution No. 13 (which relates to an increase in stamp duty rates on cheques and other bills of exchange);

(n) Financial Resolution No. 14 (which relates to excise duty and to an increase in motor tax rates).

Short title.

4 .— This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2008.