LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1954
1 Issue of £73,362,473 out of the Central Fund for the year 1954-55.
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 fifty-five, the sum of seventy-three million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, four hundred and seventy-three pounds.
2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,362,473.
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 seventy-three million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, four hundred and seventy-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.
3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £116,832,550.
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 one hundred and sixteen million, eight hundred and thirty-two thousand, five hundred and fifty 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 four million, six hundred and fifty-eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three pounds.
4 Short title.
4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1954.
Abstract of Scheudles A and B to which this Act Refers. Schedule A. GRANTS.
| Grants out of Central Fund | £116,832,55000 |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| --- | --- |
| Supply Grants | |
| 195354 (Supplementary) | |
| 195455 | |
| Total | £ |
GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1954: Under Act No. 13 of 1954 | 7,470,077 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1955: | |||
| Under Act No. 13 of 1954 | 36,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 73,362,473 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £116,832,550 | 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, 1954.
| 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 | 6,000 | — |
| 3 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947) | 10 | — |
| 6 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office | 10 | — |
| 16 | For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1947, and sundry other Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries; etc. | 125,000 | — |
| 22 | For Grants to Universities and Colleges, including certain Grants-in-Aid | 10 | — |
| 41 | For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund | 6,000 | — |
| 50 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 753,000 | 30,00 |
| 60 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare | 10 | — |
| 61 | For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952) | 1,577,800 | — |
| 65 | For the Expenses of the Maintenance, Etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945) | 1,250 | — |
| 70 | For the National Development Fund | 5,000,000 | — |
| 71 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 987 | — |
| £7,470,077 | 30,000 |
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, 1955.
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