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Appropriation Act, 1939

1939 19

No. 19/1939:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1939


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £221 14s 7d out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.

2 Issue of £19,418,167 out of the Central Fund for the year 1939-40.

3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,418,388 14s. 7d.

4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz, £31,229,569 14s 7d.

5 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 ENDED ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1939 , AND THIS ACT.

[19th July, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

Issue of £221 14s 7d 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 ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, the sum of two hundred and twenty-one pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence.

Issue of £19,418,167 out of the Central Fund for the year 1939-40.

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 forty, the sum of nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,418,388 14s. 7d.

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 nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-eight pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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, £31,229,569 14s 7d.

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 thirty-one million, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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 grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing sub-section 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 one million, five hundred and six thousand, three hundred and forty-nine pounds.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1939 ,

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

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS.

Grants out of the Central Fund £31,229,569 14s. 7d.

SCHEDULE (B)

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

YEAR Sums not exceeding

Supply

Grants

Appropriations-

in-Aid

£ s. d. £ s. d.
1937-38 (Excess Vote) 221 14 7   –
1938-39 (Supplementary) 956,181 0 0 * 1 273,966 0 0
1939-40 30,273,167 0 0 1,780,315 0 0
TOTAL £31,229,569 14 7 £1,506,349 0 0

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£    s. d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March,

1938: Under this Act

221 14 7

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st of March,

1939: Under Act No. 8 of 1939

956,181 0 0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March,

1940:

Under Act No. 8 of 1939

Under this Act

10,855,000 0 0

19,418,167 0 0

TOTAL £31,229,569 14 7

SCHEDULE (B)

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

PART I.

EXCESS FOR YEAR 1937-38.

Sums not exceeding

Supply

Grant

Appropriations-

in-Aid

  £ s.  d. £ s. d.
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Department of the President of the Executive Council for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1938

221 14 7

PART II

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, 1939.

Vote No. TITLE Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants

Appropriations-

in-Aid

(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid

10

8 For Bounties on sugar made from home-grown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported 9,700
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
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 4,050 1,000
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. 374
46 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc. 145,000
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 173,482 –Deficit.*213,665
57 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 10 2,400
58 For Transport and Meteorological Services 37,500
61 for Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and 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; No. 38 of 1935; and No. 2 of 1938) 233,000 –Deficit.*68,000
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 25,165 4,299
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 in connection with the Custody of certain Civilian Prisoners 323,370
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) 1,715
68 For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith 175
72 For an Advance for the establishment of a Company to be known as Monarchana Alcóil na h-Eireann, Teoranta (No. 23 of 1938) 1,500
73 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 1,090
TOTAL OF PART II £ 956,181 –Deficit.*273,966

SCHEDULE (B).

PART III.

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, 1940.

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) 3,602
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid 125,070
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; and No. 38 of 1938) 14,259
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 19,861
5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 75,220
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office 885,211 37,750
7 For old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c. 40; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 16; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928; No. 18 of 1932; and No. 26 of 1938); for Pensions to Blind Persons (No. 18 of 1932 and No. 26 of 1938); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith 3,506,450 800
8 For Bounties on sugar made from home-grown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported 54,700
9 For the Salaries and other Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 12,210
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.) 153,030 31,330
11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works 1,370,338 52,343
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 8,623
13 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924 and No. 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926)

25,655

14 For payments in respect of Destruction of or Injuries to Property (No. 15 of 1923; No. 19 of 1926; No. 35 of 1933; No. 18 of 1937, sec. 17; and otherwise)

3,650

15 For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death

440

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; No. 29 of 1938; 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.

467,605

690
17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, &c., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

125,000

1,900
18 For Secret Service 20,000
20 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

17,000

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

12,050

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

150,511

33,120
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; No. 19 of 1932; and No. 28 of 1937; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925]; including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

33,122

6,820
24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

34,179

4,100
25 For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land. (No. 35 of 1925 and No. 28 of 1931)

900,989

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

69,293

2,000
27 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 7,885
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)

159,380

29 For payment to the Pensions Investment Account [Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937 (No. 29 of 1935 sec. 42 (2), and No. 11 of 1937, sec. 21)]

450,000

30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office 4,057
31 For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

15,750

32 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

43,461

33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926 and No. 5 of 1937)

1,888,551

34,253
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, 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; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

82,215

12,760
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 & 76; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 & 50; and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13)

39,566

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)

54,072

1,410
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 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

48,118

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.) 50,368 29,710
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. 5,245
40 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; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102) 2,870 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 1,349,844 16,929
42 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, sec. 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) 13,005 4,700
43 For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum. Asylum (8 and 9 Vict., c. 107) 15,880 824
44 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936 and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts 1935 to 1937, 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

292,888

43,819
45 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education

191,442

75
46 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

3,749,697

86,483
47 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund

473,475

37,355
48 For Payments under the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

323,762

31,922
49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid

57,453

650
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)

112,771

2,350
51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid

5,352

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

594,203

174,041
53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid, and for a payment on account of compensation

73,121

20,279
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, 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 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934 and No. 41 of 1936)

1,792,028

158,700
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

185,424

11,000
56 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants

92,379

41,870
57 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

307,664

4,500
58 For Transport and Meteorological Services 63,713 3,192
59 For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal (No. 29 of 1924 and Nos. 8 and 9 of 1933) 2,921
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)]

10,534

1,650
61 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and 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. 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; No. 38 of 1935; and No. 2 of 1938) 1,137,875 726,750
62 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927 and No. 13 of 1929)

15,185

63 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5.,c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

2,375,070

115,227
64 For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) 69,303
65 For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts; and certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith

3,252,199

48,965
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, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932 and No. 43 of 1934), Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

586,636

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)

90,931

68 For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith 12,806
69 For Schemes for the Provision of Employment and the Relief of Distress, including cost of administration 1,500,000
70 For Export Subsidies 606,000
TOTAL OF PART III £ 30,273,167 1,780,315
TOTAL OF SCHEDULE (B) £ 31,229,569 147 1,506,349


Deficit.


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