LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1956
1 Issue of £73,093,280 out of the Central Fund for the year 1956-57.
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-seven, the sum of seventy-three million, ninety-three thousand, two hundred and eighty pounds.
2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £73,093,280.
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, ninety-three thousand, two hundred and eighty 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., £114,797,738.
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 fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand, seven hundred and thirty-eight 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 six million, six hundred and nineteen thousand, seven hundred and nine pounds.
4 Short title.
4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1956.
Abstract of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers. Schedule A. GRANTS.
| Grants out of Central Fund | £114,797,738 0 0 |
|---|---|
Schedule B. APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Year | Sums not exceeding | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 195556 (Supplementary) | 5,504,458 | 0 | 0 | 165,515[^*] | 0 | 0 | |
| 195657 | 109,293,280 | 0 | 0 | 6,785,224 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | £ | 114,797,738 | 0 | 0 | 6,619,709 | 0 | 0 |
GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1956 : | |||
| Under Act No. 12 of 1956 | 5,504,458 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1957 : | |||
| Under Act No. 12 of 1956 | 36,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 73,093,280 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £114,797,738 | 0 | 0 |
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, 1956.
| Vote No. | Title | Sums not exceeding | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| £ | £ | ||
| 27 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 34,770 | 217,515[^*] |
| 28 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid and for a payment in respect of compensation | 20,500 | — |
| 40 | For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc. | 90,000 | — |
| 43 | 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 | 9,731 | — |
| 46 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid | 1,000 | — |
| 49 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants | 20,000 | — |
| 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 | 20 | — |
| 51 | For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain Protective Equipment for Ships; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); and for the Coast Life Saving Service | 344,700 | 10,000 |
| 54 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953; No. 45 of 1926; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); No. 17 of 1951; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office | 85,000 | 42,000 |
| 62 | For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons, Children's Allowances, Unemployment Assistance, Widows' and Orphans' Non-contributory Pensions, and for Sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants | 844,000 | — |
| 67 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 737 | — |
| 68 | For payment of certain Remuneration | 1,054,000 | — |
| 69 | For the National Development Fund | 3,000,000 | — |
| £ | 5,504,458 | 165,515 |
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, 1957.
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