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APPROPRIATION ACT, 1928

Type Act
Publication 1928-11-30
Last updated 2016-12-26
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AN ACT TO APPLY A SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS. [30th November, 1928.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

1 Issue of £7,101,323 out of the Central Fund.

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 ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine the sum of seven million, one hundred and one thousand, three hundred and twenty-three pounds.

2 Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.

2.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance on the credit of the said sum any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole seven million, one hundred and one thousand, three hundred and twenty-three pounds, 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 repayments, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit.

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

3.—All sums granted by this Act and the other Acts 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 twenty-two million, eight hundred and thirty-two thousand and sixty-seven pounds 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 hereto. 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.

In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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.

4 Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.

4.—A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be made in pursuance of this Act for non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Minister for Finance before one of the persons prescribed by such warrant:

Provided that whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter the Minister for Finance may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter.

Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

5 Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1928.

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

Schedule (A). GRANTS.
Grants out of the Central Fund £22,832,067

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
Sums not exceeding Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations in aid
£ £
1927–28 (Supplementary) 394,048 27,886
1928–29 22,438,019 1,016,683

Schedule (A). GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1928:— £
Under Act No. 2 of 1928 394,048
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1929:—
Under Act No. 2 of 1928 7,898,061
Under Act No. 16 of 1928 7,438,635
Under this Act 7,101,323
Total £22,832,067

Schedule (B). APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

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 March, 1928
Sums not exceeding Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
20 For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries (Amendment) Act, 1924 1,800 —
26 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 26,100 —
29 For payment of Subsidy in respect of Beet Sugar (No. 37 of 1925) 67,500 —
40 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, and Sundry Grants in Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums 10 —
43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission, and for Sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the Cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1926 (including certain grants in aid) 7,686 98
52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture and of certain Services administered by that Department, including Sundry Grants-in-Aid 36,510 11,668
54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46, and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; The Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923; The Land Act, 1923; and The Land Bond Act, 1925) 35,000 —
57 For Payments under the Railways Act, 1924, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Transport 10 4,470
60 For the Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges, including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund 10 11,650
62 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, including Telephones 10 —
64 For the cost of the Army, including Army Reserve 1,400 —
65 For Wound and Disability Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927; and for Sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect of the Administration thereof, and for Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924 39,607 —
69 For a Grant-in-Aid to provide for the Widow and Children of Kevin Christopher O'Higgins, late Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice 20,000 —
70 For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress 150,000 —
71 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927) 7,082 —
72 For Expenses connected with the Purchase of Fuel during the Coal Emergency, 1926 580 —
73 For the Repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 743 —
Total £394,048 27,886

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 on the 31st day of March, 1929.
Sums not exceeding Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
1 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Governor-General's Establishment (No. 14 of 1923) 6,870 —
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas 116,436 —
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council 11,305 —
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 18,519 —
5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 59,658 —
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office 661,550 13,600
7 For the payment of Old Age Pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920 2,547,000 500
8 For Capital for the Local Loans Fund, and to make repayment to the British Government in respect of local loans outstanding 742,000 —
9 For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 10,444 —
10 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, ss. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, ss. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, ss. 2, 7 and 9; 10 Vict., c. 32, s. 3; 33 & 34 Vict., c. 46, s. 42; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 27; 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 31; &c.) 117,944 5,900
11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and sundry Grants-in-Aid 813,150 209,020
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 6,693 —
13 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Nos. 5 of 1924, and 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926) 10,368 —
14 For payments in respect of destruction of, or injuries to, Property within the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive, under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1926, and otherwise; and in respect of damage to, or loss of property and payments by way of indemnification or recoupment under the Indemnity Act, 1924; and for payment of grants awarded on the recommendation of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916, as compensation for buildings destroyed in Dublin during Easter Week, 1916 548,000 —
15 For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death 3,710 —
16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities, etc., under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of the 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and Sundry Repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government 1,794,295 —
17 For Rates and Contribution in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property 82,000 3,000
18 For Secret Services 10,000 —
19 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Tariff Commission (No. 40 of 1926) 2,100 —
20 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries Act, 1927 21,000 —
21 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses including certain Grants-in-Aid 9,595 —
22 For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office and for Sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates 123,999 27,295
23 For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey, under the Acts 15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8; 17 Vict., 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; 19 of 1923 (Saorstat Eireann); and the Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925; including Estate Duty Valuation under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910 34,114 6,795
24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services connected therewith 46,294 2,500
25 For the increase of the Agricultural Grant (No. 35 of 1925) 599,011 —
26 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 71,492 1,200
27 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 17,000 —
28 For Grants in Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1923, and the University Education (Agricultural and Dairy Science) Act, 1926 153,000 —
29 For Payment of Subsidy in respect of Beet Sugar (No. 37 of 1925) 274,000 —
30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office 4,080 —
31 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice 28,859 —
32 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925) 1,588,373 43,320
33 For the Expenses of the General Prisons Board and of Prisons and Borstal Institutions; the Registration of Habitual Criminals and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, s. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, s. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58) 120,785 15,000
34 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) 49,258 —
35 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) 55,994 3,710
36 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds 49,817 —
37 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers; certain Local Registering Authorities and Temporary Circuit Court Judges, and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors' Lists (54 & 55 Vict., c. 66, sec. 7; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 46; No. 27 of 1926, sec. 66; and No. 29 of 1927) 60,332 15,860
38 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) 5,762 —
39 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, ss. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, s. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102) 3,169 48
40 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 and Sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums 404,556 14,860
41 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, s. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, s. 9; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, s. 11, and c. 90, s. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13) 10,928 10,000
42 For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum 13,983 4,059
43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for Sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1927 (including certain Grants-in-Aid) 340,866 1,650
44 For Charges connected with Hospitals and Infirmaries including sundry Grants-in-Aid 16,228 —
45 For the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education, including the cost of Administration, Inspection, etc. 174,012 287
46 For the Expenses of Primary Education, including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund 3,611,168 5,630
47 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Increments of Salary to Secondary School Teachers 276,400 36,450
48 For the Expenses connected with Technical Instruction 149,051 43,220
49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 38,058 320
50 For Expenses of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926) 117,233 4,000
51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery 4,105 —
52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Lands and Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 468,082 139,098
53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry 57,851 3,000
54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46 and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 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, 25 of 1925, 11 of 1926 and 19 of 1927) 719,577 98,940
55 For Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies and for defraying Expenses incidental thereto 20,000 —
56 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee 113,301 3,831
57 For Payments under the Railways Act, 1924, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, &c., and for other purposes connected with Irish Transport 57,136 30,212
58 For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal constituted under the Railways Act, 1924 7,565 —
59 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service (Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894–1921, Crown Lands Acts, 1829–1866) 6,815 4,117
60 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges, including contributions to the Unemployment Fund 225,726 112,775
61 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Fisheries, and of certain Services administered by that Office 49,202 36,655
62 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including Telephones 2,425,555 87,380
63 For the Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting 27,355 —
64 For the cost of the Army, including Army Reserve 1,804,433 32,451
65 For Wound and Disability Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, and for Sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect of the Administration thereof, and for Pensions under the Military Services Pensions Act, 1924 296,877 —
66 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office 46,433 —
67 For a Grant-in-Aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith 7,724 —
68 For Remuneration for Cost of Management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann 8,372 —
69 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927) 19,951 —
70 For Advances to the Council of Aonach Tailteann 9,500 —
71 For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress 32,000 —
Total £22,438,019 1,016,683

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