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Making of grants out of the Hospitals Trust Fund.
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25.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may at any time, either on his own motion or in consequence of an application to him under this Act, make for the benefit of any existing or proposed hospital or nursing organisation in Saorstát Eireann a grant out of the Hospitals Trust Fund of such amount and for such purposes authorised by this section as the Minister shall think proper.
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(2) A grant made out of the Hospitals Trust Fund under this section shall be made to either (as the case may be) the governing body of the existing hospital or nursing organisation or the person establishing the proposed hospital or nursing organisation for the benefit of which such grant is made and the word “grantee” shall in this section be construed as meaning such governing body or such person, as the case may require.
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(3) A grant made out of the Hospitals Trust Fund under this section may, as the Minister shall in each case think proper, be in the form of a sum to be paid out of the capital of the Hospitals Trust Fund or in the form of payments to be made annually, for such period as the Minister shall direct, out of the income of the Hospitals Trust Fund and the National Hospital Trustees shall if so directed by the Minister set aside a portion of the capital of the Hospitals Trust Fund and invest such portion for the purpose of securing any grant made in the form of payments to be made annually.
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(4) Whenever the Minister determines to make under this section a grant out of the Hospitals Trust Fund he shall direct the National Hospital Trustees to pay such grant out of the Hospitals Trust Fund and thereupon the said trustees shall pay the amount of such grant out of the said Fund to such person and at such time or in instalments at such times as the Minister directs.
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(5) Whenever the Minister makes under this section a grant out of the Hospitals Trust Fund, he shall specify the purposes for which such grant is to be expended and may attach to the receipt of such grant such conditions (whether to be performed before or after such receipt) as he thinks proper for securing the due expenditure of such grant on the purposes specified by the Minister or for securing or attaining any other object: Provided, however, that no conditions shall be attached to the receipt of any such grant in any way relating to the appointment, dismissal or control of the staff of any hospital or nursing organisation.
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(6) If, after the making of a grant out of the Hospitals Trust Fund under this section to any grantee and before payment of such grant or before the making of any particular payment in respect of such grant, the Minister is satisfied that any condition attached under the foregoing sub-section to the receipt of such grant has not been complied with by such grantee, the Minister may certify to the National Hospital Trustees that such condition has not been complied with and upon the Minister so certifying, the National Hospital Trustees shall not make, and such grantee shall cease to be entitled to, any such payment of or in respect of such grant or to any future payment in respect thereof unless and until the Minister otherwise directs.
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(7) A grant made by the Minister under this section for the benefit of any existing or proposed hospital or nursing organisation may be made for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:—
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(a) the purchase of land or buildings, including any superior or outstanding estate or interest in land or buildings;
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(b) the construction of buildings;
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(c) the reconstruction, extension, alteration or improvement of buildings;
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(d) the purchase of hospital, nursing and other equipment;
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(e) the endowment of any such hospital or nursing organisation or any part of the activities of any such hospital or nursing organisation, including in the case of any such hospital the endowment of a bed or beds in such hospital;
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(f) the payment of maintenance expenses;
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(g) the discharge of debts.
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