Appropriation Act , 1934

Type Act
Publication 1934-07-19
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1 Issue of £19,448,207 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 thirty-five, the sum of nineteen million, four hundred and forty-eight thousand, two hundred and seven pounds.

2 Power of 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 any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole nineteen million, four hundred and forty-eight thousand, two hundred and seven 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.

(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

3.—All sums granted by this Act and the other Act 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 thirty-two million, one hundred and ninety thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five 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 thereto. 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 an offence under this section, and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding thirty pounds.

5 Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1934.

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

Grants out of the Central Fund. £32, 190, 995

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
£ s. d. £ s. d.
193334 (Supplementary) 2,181,888 0 0 *-14,550 0 0
193435 30,009,107 0 0 1,429,899 0 0
Total £ 32,190,995 0 0 1,415,349 0 0

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GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£ s. d.
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1934:
Under Act No. 8 of 1935 2,181,888 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1935:
Under Act No. 8 of 1934 10,560,900 0 0
Under this Act 19,448,207 0 0
Total £32,190,995 0 0

Schedule (B). APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

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, 1934.

Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid 10
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council. 10
7 For Old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c. 40; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 16; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928 and No. 18 of 1932); for Pensions to Blind Persons (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 49, sec. 1, and No. 18 of 1932); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith 74,400 700
11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works 10
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) 3,030
14 For payments in respect of destruction of or injuries to property under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1933, and otherwise 20,000
16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee and Occasional Fees to Doctors; etc. (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 42; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 68; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 83; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925, No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 of 1929; No. 36 of 1929; etc.) 20,347 *-575
17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property 600
21 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid 105
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 and a Grant-in-Aid 2,860 4,245
28 For Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, the Land Act, 1923, the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926, and the University College, Galway, Act, 1929 (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No. 32 of 1926 and No. 35 of 1929) 2,338
33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925) 25,846 4,774
44 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1933, and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the said Acts 1,992 756
46 For the Expenses of Primary Education including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund 303
52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and of certain services administered by that Office, including Sundry Grants-in-Aid 75,099 *-8,450
53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry, including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58; No. 16 of 1924 and No. 34 of 1928) 30,350
55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46 and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, sec. 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; 19 of 1927; 31 of 1929; 11 of 1931 and 38 of 1933 1,477,000 *-16,000
56 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee and sundry Grants-in-Aid 10
57 For payments under the Railways Act, 1924, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, the Cork Tramways (Employees' Compensation) Act, 1933, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Transport 46,500
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 34,608
64 For the cost of the Army, the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) and Expenses under the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Act, 1931 20
65 For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, and No. 24 of 1932), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof and for Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924), etc. 32,000
69 For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress 50,000
72 For an Advance for the establishment of an Industrial Credit Company 15,000
73 For Expenditure in connection with the Repayment of the Dáil Eireann External Loans (Dáil Eireann Loans and Funds Acts, 1924 and 1933) 12,000
74 For recoupment to depositors in the Sinn Fein Bank 2,045
75 For the Acquisition by the State of Copyright in the National Anthem 1,200
76 For the further relief of Rates on Agricultural Land 250,000
77 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 4,205
Total £2,181,888 *-14,550

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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, 1935.

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