Appropriation Act , 1960

Type Act
Publication 1960-07-28
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1 Issue of £777,940 out of the Central Fund for the year 1959-60.

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 sixty, the sum of seven hundred and seventy-seven thousand, nine hundred and forty pounds.

2 Issue of £84,353,620 out of the Central Fund for the year 1960-61.

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 sixty-one, the sum of eighty-four million, three hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred and twenty pounds.

3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £85,131,560.

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 eighty-five million, one hundred and thirty-one thousand, five hundred and sixty 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., £130,299,560.

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 one hundred and thirty million, two hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty 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 ten million, four hundred and seventy-nine thousand and seventeen pounds.

5 Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1960.

Abstract of Schedules A and B to which this Act Refers Schedule A GRANTS

Grants out of Central Fund £130,299,56000

Schedule B APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Year Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
£ s. d. £ s. d.
195960 (Supplementary) 4,957,500 0 0 2,503,285 0 0
196061 125,342,060 0 0 7,975,732 0 0
Total£ 130,299,560 0 0 10,479,017 0 0
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1960: £ s. d.
--- --- --- ---
Under Act No. 8 of 1960 4,179,560 0 0
Under this Act 777,940 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1961:
Under Act No. 8 of 1960 40,988,440 0 0
Under this Act 84,353,620 0 0
Total £130,299,560 0 0

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, 1960.

Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
1 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Secretary to the President, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938) 3,330
19 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; No. 36 of 1946; No. 36 of 1953; No. 18 of 1956; and No. 11 of 1959) 140,000
21 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid, Compensation for Personal Injuries and Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property (No. 24 of 1941) 58,560
28 For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58; and No. 9 of 1956) 13,130 *2,150
35 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, and Miscellaneous Grants 195,000
37 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc., including a Grant-in-Aid 450,000 5,000
43 For Grants to Universities and Colleges, including certain Grants-in-Aid 10
45 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 1930; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; No. 16 of 1950; No. 18 of 1953; and No. 21 of 1954) 32,000 1,750
46 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946 and No. 6 of 1956), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land 90,250 49,500
48 Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair 10 *20,315
49 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 2,133,500 2,447,500
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 679,000
52 For Aviation and Meteorological Services, including a Grant-in-Aid 140,000
54 For a Grant to Bord Fáilte Éireann (No. 5 of 1955) and for certain additional Grants-in-Aid 10
55 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.), of certain other Services administered by that Office, and of the Television Advisory Committee 10
57 For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Act, 1954 (No. 18 of 1954), and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; 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 Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938) 32,000
63 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 587,000
64 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities and miscellaneous Grants 119,400 22,000
65 For the Expenses of the Maintenance, Etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945) 800
68 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport and Power 5,460
69 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 1,030
70 For Remuneration of Civil Servants 277,000
£ 4,957,500 2,503,285
*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, 1961.

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