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Appropriation Act, 1976

1976 31

No. 31/1976:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1976


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £1,693,491,010.

2 Short title.

SCHEDULE


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 .

[21st July, 1976]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £1,693,491,010.

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 one thousand six hundred and ninety-three million, four hundred and ninety-one thousand and ten pounds and comprising the sum of one hundred and seventy-one million, five hundred and fifty-nine thousand and ten pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1975, and the sum of one thousand five hundred and twenty-one million, nine hundred and thirty-two thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1976, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule annexed 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 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 hundred and fifty-seven million, three hundred and four thousand, five hundred and four pounds.

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1976 .

SCHEDULE

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 December, 1975.

Vote Sums not exceeding
No. TITLE Supply Grants

Appropriations-

in-Aid

(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid

27, 000

6

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-in-aid

101, 000

30, 000

7

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service and for payment of a grant-in-aid

368, 000

54, 400

9

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; 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; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of a grant-in-aid

635, 010

400, 000

10

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

23, 000

11

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

18, 000

22, 000

13

For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuties under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratutities awarded by the Minister for the Public Service; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; etc.

150, 000

100, 000

16

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc,. and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges

120, 000

17

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses and for payment of a grant-in-aid

48, 500

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes

430, 000

40, 000

22

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

11, 611, 000

23

For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals; and for welfare services

600, 000

27

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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid

2, 036, 510

147, 500

28

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid

3, 068, 000

40, 000

29

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

8, 408, 000

30

For Secondary Education

8, 642, 000
31

For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid

2, 768, 000
33

For grants-in-aid of An Údarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

3, 360, 010

34

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid

10

37

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

10

38

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

13, 609, 000

14, 581, 500

39

For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid

592, 000

13, 000* 1

40

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-in-aid

2, 250, 010

41

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

6, 332, 020

755, 000* 2

42

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 certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

11, 109, 610

629, 000* 3

43

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

6, 946, 000

8, 763, 000

44

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

10, 376, 000

80, 000* 4

45

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

205, 000

7, 000

46

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

737, 000

3, 000

47

For contributions to International Organisations and for Official Development Assistance, including a grant-in-aid

276, 300

48

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 sundry grants

38, 700, 000

487, 440

49

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, miscellaneous grants, and certain grants-in-aid

36, 725, 010

50

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

10

51

For Remuneration

1, 287, 000
TOTAL OF PART I £ 171, 559, 010 23, 198, 840

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 the 31st day of December, 1976.

Vote Sums not exceeding
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

57, 000

2

For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid

2, 397, 000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

271, 000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

1, 725, 000

150, 000

5

For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

990, 000

6

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-in-aid

3, 700, 000

37, 000

7

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

298, 000

38, 000

8

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

24, 116, 000

2, 114, 000

9

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; 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; for expenditure arising from damage to the property of External Governments; and for payment of a grant-in-aid

26, 088, 000

4, 350, 000

10

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

273, 000

4, 000

11

For Secret Service

25, 000
12

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General

1, 000, 000

12, 000

13

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

300, 000

200

14

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses and for payment of a grant-in-aid

204, 000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes

4, 407, 000

540, 000

16

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

1, 908, 000

226, 000

17

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

3, 189, 000

546, 000

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service and for payment of a grant-in-aid

2, 256, 000

505, 000

19

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

382, 000

522, 000

20

For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for the Public Service; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; etc.

9, 100, 000

1, 759, 000

21

For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land

36, 500, 000

22

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc.

2, 197, 000

6, 000

23

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

57, 837, 000

1, 676, 000

24

For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals; and for welfare services

7, 554, 000

77, 300

25

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

2, 792, 000

160, 600

26

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

1, 477, 000

27

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

46, 000

83

28

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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid

57, 081, 000

922, 000

29

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid

22, 581, 000

42, 000

30

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

104, 631, 000

558, 000

31

For Secondary Education

68, 649, 000 421, 500
32

For Vocational Education including a grant-in-aid

43, 436, 000

929, 500

33

For expenses in connection with Residential Homes and Special Schools

1, 424, 000

2, 000

34

For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

27, 623, 000

97, 000

35

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery including certain grants-in-aid

208, 000

2, 000

36

For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission, including certain grants-in-aid

9, 422, 000

816, 000

37

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

13, 001, 000

2, 500, 000

38

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

8, 126, 000

6, 500

39

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

114, 361, 000

29, 422, 526

40

For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid

8, 087, 000

13, 710

41

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-in-aid

14, 931, 000

120, 000

42

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

86, 703, 000

2, 379, 020

43

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 certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid

52, 483, 000

3, 000, 000

44

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

111, 152, 000

57, 760, 000

45

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

72, 960, 000

860, 000

46

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

12, 305, 000

120, 525

47

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

5, 645, 000

367, 000

48

For contributions to International Organisations and for Official Development Assistance, including a grant-in-aid

2, 832, 000

49

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 sundry grants

243, 219, 000

8, 815, 200

50

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, miscellaneous grants, and certain grants-in-aid

249, 983, 000

12, 228, 000

TOTAL OF PART II £ 1, 521, 932, 000 134, 105, 664
TOTAL OF SCHEDULE £ 1, 693, 491, 010 157, 304, 504


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