LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1944
1 Issue of £30,100,444 out of the Central Fund for the year 1944-45.
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 forty-five, the sum of thirty million, one hundred thousand, four hundred and forty-four pounds.
2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £30,100,444.
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 thirty million, one hundred thousand, four hundred and forty-four 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 repayment, 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, viz., £46,013,832.
3.—(1) 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 forty-six million, thirteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two 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 note (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.
(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing sub-section 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 Schedule (B) 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 two million, three hundred and ninety-five thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three pounds.
4 Short title.
4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1944.
Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.
GRANTS.
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £46,013,832 |
|---|---|
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Year | Sums not exceeding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1943-44 (Supplementary) | 1,025,388 | 0 | 0 | 31,780 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944-45 | 44,988,444 | 0 | 0 | 2,364,153 | 0 | 0 |
| Total£ | 46,013,832 | 0 | 0 | 2,395,933 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule (A). GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1944: Under Act No. 11 of 1944 | 1,025,388 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1945: | |||
| Under Act No. 11 of 1944 | 14,888,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 30,100,444 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £46,013,832 | 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, 1944.
| Sums not exceeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote No. | Title | Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| £ | £ | ||
| 9 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, secs. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Viet., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.) | 4,500 | ^*2,000 |
| 16 | For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes (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; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 32 of 1933; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; No. 16 and No. 21 of 1939; No. 24 of 1942; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc. | 30,000 | — |
| 20 | For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries | 10 | — |
| 21 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates | 10 | 9,110 |
| 25 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney-General, etc., and 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 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| 26 | For Grants to Universities and Colleges (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No. 32 of 1926; No. 35 of 1929; and No. 27 of 1934), including certain Grants-in-Aid | 70,000 | — |
| 30 | 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 | 24,510 | ^*1,150 |
| 33 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 19 of 1941); and for certain Expenses of the Local Security Force including Grants-in-Aid (No. 28 of 1939) | 18,264 | 4,830 |
| 35 | For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 and 50; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; and No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77) | 1,700 | — |
| 39 | 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), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc. | 44 | — |
| 41 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals | 123,010 | — |
| 42 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, sec. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, sec. 9, and c. 27; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, sec. 11, and c. 90, sec. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13) | 144 | 300 |
| 43 | For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107) | 419 | ^*115 |
| 44 | For the Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1942, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1940; for services in connection with Food Allowances and with Supplementary Allowances to certain Beneficiaries under the latter Acts (Emergency Powers Act, 1939) and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts. | 23,450 | ^*2,700 |
| 45 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education | 1,500 | — |
| 49 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 1,000 | — |
| 50 | For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7,.c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941; Etc.) | 350 | 1,140 |
| 52 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and 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; 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; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; and No. 26 of 1939) | 10 | — |
| 53 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 34 of 1928), including certain Grants-in-Aid | 2,050 | 17,000 |
| 54 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns | 10 | ^*6,250 |
| 55 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office | 90,000 | — |
| 56 | For Transport and Meteorological Services, including a Grant-in-Aid | 10 | |
| 58 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933) ]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including extra wages of seamen and the cost of medical treatment; and for payments in respect of the provision of certain Protective Equipment for Ships and Crews | 8,800 | ^*5,000 |
| 61 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 14 of 1940 (Secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (Sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office | 80,245 | 14,115 |
| 63 | For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; for Expenses in connection with the trial and detention of certain persons (No. 28 of 1939, No. 1 of 1940 and No. 16 of 1940, etc.); for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939); for Reserve Medical Supplies for Civilian Hospitals; for certain Expenses of the Local Defence Force (including Grants-in-Aid) (No. 28 of 1939); for certain Expenses in connection with the special Commemoration of the 1916 Rising; for certain. Expenses in connection with.the National Blood Transfusion Council; and for a Grant to the Irish Red Cross Society | 10 | — |
| 64 | For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, and No. 14 of 1943); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934 and No. 33 of 1938); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 28 of 1939); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc. | 11,185 | — |
| 69 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Supplies, including payment of certain Subsidies and Sundry Grants-in-Aid | 329,860 | — |
| 74 | For the Alleviation of Distress due to War and Famine in Europe and India (including a Grant-in-Aid) | 200,000 | — |
| 75 | For the Repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 1,497 | — |
| 76 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944) | 800 | — |
| Total of Part I £ | 1,025,388 | 31,780 |
*Deficit
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, 1945.
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