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Appropriation Act , 1961

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1 Issue of £165,540 out of the Central Fund for the year 1960-61.

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-one, the sum of one hundred and sixty-five thousand, five hundred and forty pounds.

2 Issue of £88,184,660 out of the Central Fund for the year 1961-62.

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-two, the sum of eighty-eight million, one hundred and eighty-four thousand, six hundred and sixty pounds.

3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £88,350,200.

3.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole eighty-eight million, three hundred and fifty thousand, two hundred 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., £137,735,902.

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-seven million, seven hundred and thirty-five thousand, nine hundred and two 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, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand, one hundred and ninety-five pounds.

5 Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1961.

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

Grants out of Central Fund £137,735,902

Schedule B APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Year Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
£ £
59-60 (Excess Vote) 6,937 636
60-61 (Supplementary) 6,011,425 *73,510
61-62 131,717,540 10,838,069
Total£ 137,735,902 10,765,195
*Deficit
£
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For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1960:
Under Act No. 9 of 1961 6,937
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1961:
Under Act No. 9 of 1961 5,845,885
Under this Act 165,540
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1962:
Under Act No. 9 of 1961 43,532,880
Under this Act 88,184,660
Total£ 137,735,902

Schedule B APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropria-tions-in-Aid
£ £
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for External Affairs for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1960 6,937 636

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, 1961

Vote No. (1) Title (2) Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants (3) Appropriations-in-Aid (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 400
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 680
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 850
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 1,350
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) 437,000 12,150
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 and 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) 4,700
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 3,730
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.) 2,065
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) 1,080 *1,00
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 205,140
34 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 50,000 4,000
35 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund 86,000
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 28,000
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 10
45 Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair 10 1,090
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 4,647,360 *88,000
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 10
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); Special Compensation; and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc 34,500
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 15,775 *1,750
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 80,765
56 For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952) 412,000
£ 6,011,425 *73,510
*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, 1962.

Vote No. (1) Title (2) Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants (3) Appropriations-in-Aid (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 10,430
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Allowances and Grants-in-Aid 331,450
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 32,500
4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office 201.200 900
5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (No. 1 of 1923) 44,710 6,255
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 294,300 1,505
7 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office 2,416,500 67,010
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.) 556,700 122,000
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 4,756,000 265,657
10 For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress) 825,090 35,000
11 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 28,200 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) 46,710 18,340
13 For a Grant (Grant-in-Aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon (No. 9 of 1951) 30,000
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. 1,349,740 136,625
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) 18,500
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) 5,160,000
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 142,170 6,000
19 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid 19,380
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 567,500 111,560
21 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain Minor Services 218,950 19,200
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 554,000 12,000
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: and 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. 128,900
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. 16 of 1949) 5,910,320 136,331
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 and 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) 242,930 33,368
26 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund 362,270 33,400
27 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) 124,820
28 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) 6,770 38
29 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 5,488,450 72,790
30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and for Expenses connected with the Council of Education 447,400 100
31 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc 10,770,650 141,200
32 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund 2,863,450 65,000
33 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 1,663,860 42,526
34 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous Educational and Cultural Services, and sundry Grants-in-Aid 248,680 10,550
35 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) 244,180 3,930
36 For Grants (Grants-in-Aid) to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940) 83,880
37 For Grants-in-Aid of Universities and Colleges 1,070,130
38 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid 13,980
39 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission 2,327,880 170,505
40 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 2,387,400 542,000
41 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 315,800 225,635
42 Le haghaidh Tuarastal agus Costas Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le Deontais le haghaidh Tithe agus Ildeontais-i-gCabhair 563,980 2,720
43 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 16,145,160 2,310,479
44 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 2,761,000 217,151
45 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 3,964,510 753,920
46 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and of certain other Services administered by that Office, and for payment of Grants-in-Aid 11,011,500 3,337,018
47 For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Acts, 1954 and 1960 (No. 18 of 1954 and No. 44 of 1960), 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) 7,690,040 207,356
48 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, No. 15 of 1959 and No. 2 of 1960, 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, No. 12 of 1957 and Nos. 3 and 30 of 1960); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936, No. 9 of 1948, No. 30 of 1950, No. 27 of 1952, No. 4 of 1953, No. 17 of 1957 and Nos. 4, 5, 6, 31 and 33 of 1960, 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. 1,842,920
49 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 Grants-in-Aid 501,600 5,100
50 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organization for European Economic Co-Operation, the United Nations and Intergovernmental Legal Bodies; and for other expenses in connection therewith 68,250 350
51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare 494,900 1,051,080
52 For payments to the Social Insurance Fund (No. 14 of 1950 and No. 11 of 1952) 6,358,000
53 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 18,926,000 334,500
54 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 9,023,800 336,100
55 For the Expenses of the Maintenance, Etc., of Patients in Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945) 52,600 1,610
£ 131,717,540 10,838,069
Total of Schedule B£ 137,735,902 10,765,195