Appropriation Act, 1978

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Number 32 of 1978


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1978


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £2,231,172,560.

2.

Short title.

SCHEDULE

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Number 32 of 1978


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1978


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 . [20th December, 1978]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £2,231,172,560.

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 two thousand two hundred and thirty-one million, one hundred and seventy-two thousand, five hundred and sixty pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1978, 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 eighty-three million, six hundred and sixty-five thousand and eighty-seven pounds.

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1978.

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, 1978.

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

76,500

2

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

3,298,000

3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach

386,000

4

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

2,376,000

100,000

5

For a grant (grant-in-aid) to an Chomhairle Ealaion

1,565,000

6

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office

4,065,000

36,000

7

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

426,000

73,500

8

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

26,861,000

2,422,000

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 Government; and for payment of a grant-in-aid

36,173,000

5,275,010

10

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

319,000

10,000

11

For Secret Service

25,000

12

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

1,210,000

12,000

13

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

399,000

10

14

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

344,000

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

4,270,000

715,000

16

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

2,415,000

320,000

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

4,251,000

831,000

18

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

2,852,000

717,500

19

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

600,000

677,000

20

For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and the Superannuation Act, 1976, 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; miscellaneous payments, etc.

14,600,000

2,480,000

21

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Economic Planning and Development, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid

3,597,000

5,000

22

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

38,500,000

23

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.

3,099,000

36,000

24

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

70,592,000

870,100

25

For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; and for welfare services

9,518,000

192,600

26

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

3,408,000

185,000

27

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

2,113,000

28

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

69,000

100

29

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 and grants including a grant-in-aid

205,884,010

662,000

30

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

27,590,020

120,000

31

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

131,579,000

771,000

32

For Secondary Education

95,660,000

632,000

33

For Vocational Education including a grant-in-aid

56,132,000

1,450,000

34

For expenses in connection with Residential Homes and Special Schools

1,338,000

2,000

35

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

40,732,000

32,000

36

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

259,000

2,000

37

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, including sundry grants-in-aid

11,045,010

62,010

38

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

15,757,000

5,300,000

39

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

7,612,010

10,000

40

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

154,365,000

39,784,936

41

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

9,227,000

1,416,140

42

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

33,155,000

114,510

43

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

128,153,000

2,736,630

44

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

60,658,000

5,042,470

45

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

150,232,000

73,560,000

46

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

100,201,000

2,887,000

47

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

15,082,000

410,671

48

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

7,598,000

589,500

49

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

5,178,010

50

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

319,083,000

12,168,400

51

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

393,187,000

20,954,000

52

For Remuneration

24,058,000

Total                                £

2,231,172,560

183,665,087


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891. c. 24