Appropriation Act , 1960

Type Act
Publication 1960-07-28
State In force
articles 5
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.

Vote No. Title Sums not exceeding
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) including a Grant-in-Aid 9,820
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Grants-in-Aid 324,490
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 31,180
4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office 188,990 700
5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (No. 1 of 1923) 39,600 6,305
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 269,310 1,505
7 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office 2,435,000 57,060
8 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, secs. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.) 517,550 117,000
9 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation 4,224,000 257,157
10 For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress) 826,080 35,000
11 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 28,500 1,260
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 45 of 1956 and No. 38 of 1959) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946) 46,580 17,475
13 For a Grant to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951) 20,000
14 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1956, 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. 1,240,120 134,445
15 For Secret Service 7,500
16 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927) 18,200
17 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) 5,110,000
18 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 133,410 5,500
19 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid 27,190
20 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Printing and Binding, and the provision of Stationery, Paper, Books, Office Machinery and other Office Supplies for the Public Services; and for sundry Miscellaneous Purposes, including the publication and sale of Reports of Oireachtas Debates, Bills, Acts and Other Government Publications 531,330 111,010
21 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain Minor Services 201,760 16,900
22 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments 526,500 11,500
23 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including a Grant-in-Aid 110,490
24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána including Pensions, etc. (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 68; No. 25 of 1924; No. 7 of 1925; No. 10 of 1926; No. 32 of 1933; No. 5 of 1937; No. 19 of 1941; Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945; No. 41 of 1947; No. 44 of 1956; and No. 43 of 1959) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949) 5,275,610 122,267
25 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. 122, 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) 218,960 27,700
26 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; No. 21 of 1946; No. 8 of 1951; and No. 32 of 1953) and for a Capitation grant 109,070
27 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Temporary Additional Circuit Judges and Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.) 143,030 33,700
28 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, No. 48 of 1936, No. 25 of 1945 and No. 32 of 1953) 113,830 1,200
29 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20) 123,670
30 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. 11,080
31 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102; and No. 18 of 1955) 6,690 38
32 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 5,131,890 64,915
33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and for Expenses connected with the Council of Education 418,700 100
34 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 10,478,240 140,800
35 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund 2,629,490 63,200
36 For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1953 (No. 29 of 1930; No. 50 of 1936; No. 9 of 1944; No. 1 of 1947; No. 33 of 1950; and No. 37 of 1953), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education 1,478,440 41,028
37 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, and sundry Grants-in-Aid 244,320 12,240
38 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; No. 6 of 1949; and No. 28 of 1957) 254,170 3,885
39 For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940) 85,450
40 For Grants to Universities and Colleges, including certain Grants-in-Aid 986,630
41 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid 13,370
42 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission 2,231,940 178,000
43 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 2,566,700 363,000
44 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 323,000 32,485
45 Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair 522,730 495
46 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 12,250,350 2,525,238
47 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 sundry Grants-in-Aid 3,671,000 205,789
48 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport and Power, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of a Grant-in-Aid 3,646,670 662,196
49 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; No. 10 of 1960; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including the Television Advisory Committee, and for payment of Grants-in-Aid 10,593,000 813,592
50 For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926), including Public Concerts 145,500 31,500
51 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) 7,472,740 185,247
52 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, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946, Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949, No. 23 of 1953, No. 19 of 1957, and No. 15 of 1959, etc.); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949, No. 5 of 1953 and No. 12 of 1957, etc.); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948, No. 30 of 1950, No. 27 of 1952, No. 4 of 1953 and No. 17 of 1957, etc.); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc. 1,717,630
53 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid 459,130 7,500
54 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organization for European Economic Co-Operation and the United Nations; and for other expenses in connection therewith 95,470
55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare 503,600 1,009,610
56 For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952) 4,255,000
57 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 21,354,000 332,000
58 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 8,765,600 343,700
59 For the Expenses of the Maintenance, Etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945) 50,760 1,490
60 For payment of Increases in certain Pensions, etc., in respect of public service 127,000
£125,342,060 7,975,732
Total of Schedule B £130,299,560 10,479,017

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