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Number 32 of 1991


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1991


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £7,199,991,000.

2.

Amendment of Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927.

3.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24


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Number 32 of 1991


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1991


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 , AND TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES ACT, 1927 . [27th December, 1991]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £7,199,991,000.

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 seven thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1991, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule 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 hereto, the sums respectively set forth in column (4) of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of nine hundred and seventeen million, five hundred and eighty-one thousand pounds.

Amendment of Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927.

2. —The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 4—

(i) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (a):

“(a) subject to section 4A of this Act, if a Bill containing provisions to the same effect (with or without modifications) as the resolution is not read a second time by Dáil Éireann—

(i) where Dáil Éireann is in recess on any day between the eighty-second and the eighty-fourth day after the resolution is passed by Dáil Éireann, within the next five sitting days of the resumption of Dáil Éireann after that recess,

(ii) in any other case, within the next eighty-four days after the resolution is passed by Dáil Éireann,”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of “subject to section 4A of this Act” before “the expiration of a period of four months” in paragraph (d),

and

(b) by the insertion of the following new section after section 4:

“4A. Where Dáil Éireann, having passed a resolution under this Act, has been dissolved on the date the resolution was so passed or within eighty-four days of that date, the period of dissolution shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating any period to which paragraph (a) or (d) of section 4 of this Act relates.”.

Short title.

3. —This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1991.

SCHEDULE

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 December, 1991.

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, for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment and for certain grants

457,000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid, and for certain expenses in connection with the European Assembly

21,294,000

477,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach including certain cultural and archival activities and for payment of grants and certain grants-in-aid

16,015,000

310,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

19,968,000

994,000

5

For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

9,712,000

6

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery including a grant-in-aid

1,015,000

1,000

7

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 and grants-in-aid

33,421,000

695,000

8

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

1,692,000

120,000

9

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

113,887,000

16,899,000

10

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works and for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency

99,569,000

8,700,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

1,832,000

56,000

12

For Secret Service

170,000

13

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid

6,144,000

67,000

14

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

2,202,000

21,000

15

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

9,266,000

3,000,000

16

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

2,240,000

675,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman

876,000

18

For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976, 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; miscellaneous payments, etc.

70,165,000

10,100,000

19

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, and for payment of a grant and grant-in-aid

17,100,000

880,000

20

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

316,142,000

8,364,000

21

For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, probation and welfare staff and other expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for probation and welfare services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid

82,474,000

789,000

22

For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund

17,382,000

808,000

23

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

10,154,000

24

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

138,000

25

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants including certain grants-in-aid

604,482,000

17,862,000

26

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

84,813,000

453,000

27

For First-level Education

474,242,000

23,192,000

28

For Second-level and Further Education

468,855,000

71,233,000

29

For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid and in respect of Third-level and Further Education

212,096,000

85,412,000

30

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

33,015,000

4,780,000

31

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

25,678,000

20,000

32

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

176,389,000

272,290,000

33

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 and grants-in-aid

148,627,000

500,000

34

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 loans, subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid

237,694,000

8,647,000

35

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

133,085,000

102,884,000

36

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 certain grants-in-aid

317,435,000

16,074,000

37

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

50,971,000

1,622,000

38

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

36,711,000

380,000

39

For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid

24,966,000

200,000

40

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 certain grants including a grant-in-aid

1,713,453,000

58,348,000

41

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 Health Boards and miscellaneous grants

1,399,081,000

189,553,000

42

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

6,538,000

1,914,000

43

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

7,545,000

9,261,000

44

For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions

191,000,000

Total          £

7,199,991,000

917,581,000