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Expenses.
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17.—(1) All expenses incurred by the Minister or any other Minister in carrying this Act into effect shall to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
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(2) As soon as may be after the end of every local financial year the Minister shall by order certify the sum which, during such local financial year, was expended out of moneys provided under sub-section (1) of this section in carrying this Act into effect, and shall assess that sum on the several counties and county boroughs in proportion to the annual value under the Valuation Acts of the property rateable for poor rate in such counties and county boroughs respectively, and shall send copies of such order to the council of every such county and county borough.
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(3) The council of every county and county borough shall pay the amount assessed by such order on such county or county borough to the Minister and shall raise the amount so to be paid, in the case of a county by means of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge and, in the case of the county boroughs of Dublin and Limerick, by means of the municipal rate, and in the case of the county boroughs of Cork and Waterford, by means of the poor rate.
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(4) Where any money is payable to the Minister under this section by a council, such money may, in default of payment by such council, be deducted from any money payable to such council by any Minister for any purpose whatsoever, but such deduction shall, in the case of money payable out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account, be made subject to and without prejudice to the claims of the guarantee fund under the Land Purchase Acts.
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(5) The expenses of the Minister shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to include such charges in respect of superannuation and other allowances and gratuities payable on death or retirement as the Minister shall, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, determine to be proper.
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(6) All expenses incurred by the Minister or any other Minister in carrying into effect the Act of 1925 during the local financial year in which this Act comes into operation shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have been incurred in carrying this Act into effect.
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(7) All moneys paid to the Minister by the council of a county or a county borough in pursuance of this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer by the Minister in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.
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