LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1947
1 Issue of £10,400 out of the Central Fund for the year 194647.
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 ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the sum of ten thousand, four hundred pounds.
2 Issue of £38,081,963 out of the Central Fund for the year 194748.
2.—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-eight, the sum of thirty-eight million, eighty-one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-three pounds.
3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £38,092,363
3.—(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-eight million, ninety-two thousand, three hundred and sixty-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 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.
4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £58,443,785.
4.—(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 fifty-eight million, four hundred and forty-three thousand, seven hundred and eighty-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 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 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 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, nine hundred and fifty-three thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight pounds.
5 Short title.
5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1947.
Abstract of Schdules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.
GRANTS.
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £58,443,785 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Sums not exceeding | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 194647 (Supplementary) | 2,680,822 | 0 | 0 | 136,719 | 0 | 0 |
| 194748 | 55,762,963 | 0 | 0 | 2,817,259 | 0 | 0 |
| Total£ | 58,443,785 | 0 | 0 | 2,953,978 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule (A). GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1947: Under Act No. 7 of 1947 | 2,670,422 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1947: Under this Act | 10,400 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1948: | |||
| Under Act No. 7 of 1947 | 17,681,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 38,081,963 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £58,443,785 | 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, 1947.
| Sums not exceeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote No. | Title | Supply Grants | Appropriations in-Aid |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| £ | £ | ||
| 2 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid | 4,600 | — |
| 6 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office | 55,240 | 14,910 |
| 15 | For the Salaries and Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries | 4,560 | — |
| 20 | For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries | 1,000 | — |
| 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 | 10,830 | 7,410 |
| 23 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts | 10 | 1,479 |
| 24 | For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931, No. 23 of 1939, and No. 36 of 1946) | 1,040,400 | — |
| 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 | 45,000 | — |
| 29 | 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 | 15,700 | 7,550 |
| 32 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice | 3,130 | — |
| 33 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946) | 65,010 | 24,460 |
| 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, sees. 51 and 77) and for a Capitation Grant | 4,560 | — |
| 43 | For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107) | 650 | 124 |
| 47 | For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund | 65,000 | — |
| 49 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 10 | — |
| 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.) | 13,180 | 1,094 |
| 53 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 13 of 1946), including certain Grants-in-Aid | 10 | 10,990 |
| 54 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns | 48,345 | 45,635 |
| 55 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office and payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 300,000 | 5,542 |
| 56 | For Transport and Meteorological Services | 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; for payments in respect of the provision of certain Protective Equipment for Ships; and for payments in connection with the rescue of certain Shipwrecked Seamen | 6,500 | *6,200 |
| 59 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund), Unemployment Assistance, the Special Register of Agricultural and Turf Workers, Insurance against Intermittent Unployment, for certain services in connection with Food Allowances and for Expenses in connection with the provision of Labour for Harvest Work (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 7 of 1942; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945 and Nos. 22 and 37 of 1946) | 22.310 | ^*39,500 |
| 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 (sees. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office | 377,815 | 14,585 |
| 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 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, 1941 to 1946; for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses in connection with the Production of certain Chemicals for Sale for certain Expenses in connection with Blood Transfusion; and for he Expense of the Bureau of Military History | 559,624 | 48,640 |
| 69 | For Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property caused by the dropping of bombs from foreign aircraft and by kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 24 of 1941) | 12,000 | — |
| 70 | For Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 19 of 1946) | 1,450 | — |
| 74 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health | 3,340 | — |
| 75 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare | 400 | — |
| 76 | To meet such of the charges for Increases in Remuneration of Civil Servants as have not been otherwise provided for | 19 230 | — |
| 77 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 912 | — |
| Total of Part I | £2,680,822 | 136,719 |
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, 1948.
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