Appropriation Act , 1972

Type Act
Publication 1972-12-26
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £630,881,960.

1.—(1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965, out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of six hundred and thirty million, eight hundred and eighty-one thousand, nine hundred and sixty pounds and comprising the sum of forty-three million, three hundred and sixty-nine thousand, nine hundred and fifty pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1972, and the sum of five hundred and eighty-seven million, five hundred and twelve thousand and ten pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1973, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule annexed hereto.

(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 the Schedule 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 forty-five million, five hundred and thirty thousand, seven hundred and seventy-nine pounds.

2 Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1972.

SCHEDULE

Part I

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, 1972.

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 certain grants-in-aid 64,000
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 49,600
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; 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 payment of certain grants-in-aid 100,000 100,000
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 45,000 26,000*
15 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges 79,000 3,000*
18 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services 112,500 9,500
19 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 445,000 82,650
26 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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid 1,763,000 15,000
27 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid 370,810
28 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 1,159,000
30 For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid 650,000
32 For grants-in-aid to Universities and Colleges and to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1,058,000
36 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 10
37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid 7,368,000 1,050,000
38 For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid 10
40 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 5,019,000
41 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 sundry grants-in-aid 214,000
42 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 certain grants-in-aid 2,608,000 530,000
43 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Defence, including certain services administered by that Office; for the pay and expenses of the Defence Forces; and for payment of a grant-in-aid 3,254,010 311,000*
44 For retired pay, pensions, compensation, allowances and gratuities payable under sundry statutes to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces and certain other Military Organisations, etc., and for sundry contributions and expenses in connection therewith; for certain extra-statutory children's allowances and for sundry grants 381,000 17,000
45 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including certain grants-in-aid 146,000
46 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith 68,000
47 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for sundry grants 9,988,000 219,270
48 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, miscellaneous grants and certain grants-in-aid 7,390,010
51 For Remuneration 1,038,000
Total of Part I£ 43,369,950 1,683,420

*Deflicit

Part II

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, 1973.

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, including a grant-in-aid 26,000
2 For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid 1,080,000
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach 175,000
4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office 880,000 3,000
5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 116,000 22,500
6 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 3,362,000 17,000
7 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office 9,330,000 290,000
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; 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 payment of certain grants-in-aid 12,851,000 2,000,417
9 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory 93,000 1,800
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 125,000 221,000
11 For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon 80,000
12 For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, 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. 3,504,000 754,000
13 For Secret Service 15,000
14 For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land 28,280,000
15 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, etc., and for the expenses of criminal prosecutions and other law charges 457,000 6,000
16 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain grants-in-aid 468,000
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Stationery Office; for printing and binding, paper, publications, office machinery and other office supplies for Public Services; and for sundry miscellaneous purposes 1,489,000 287,000
18 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services 659,000 73,500
19 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 1,736,000 287,000
20 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 and for the purchase of historical documents, etc. 553,000 1,775
21 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force; for the payment of certain witnesses' expenses; and for payment of a grant-in-aid 20,812,000 1,005,400
22 For the expenses of prisons; St. Patrick's; Shanganagh; and the maintenance of prisoners confined in District Mental Hospitals 1,823,000 57,500
23 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund 1,118,000 85,850
24 For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds 579,000
25 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office 22,000 83
26 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 schemes and grants including a grant-in-aid 15,575,000 519,850
27 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including Institutions of Science and Art), for certain miscellaneous educational and cultural services and for payment of sundry grants-in-aid 9,065,000 15,350
28 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 34,235,000 271,800
29 For Secondary Education 27,072,000 202,200
30 For Vocational Education, including a grant-in-aid 14,030,000 52,000
31 For expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention 1,026,000 2,000
32 For grants-in-aid of Universities and Colleges, other Institutions of Higher Education and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 11,280,000
33 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including certain grants-in-aid 98,000 1,100
34 For the salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission 4,447,000 361,500
35 For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 7,499,000 1,270,000
36 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 3,013,000 500
37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid 76,608,000 4,867,858
38 For salaries and expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry grants-in-aid 3,339,000 20,800
39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Labour, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 5,100,000 651,000
40 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 35,810,010 400,000
41 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 sundry grants-in-aid 21,648,000 3,746,000
42 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 certain grants-in-aid 46,397,000 17,749,000
43 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Defence, including certain services administered by that Office; for the pay and expenses of the Defence Forces; and for payment of a grant-in-aid 26,318,000 656,000
44 For retired pay, pensions, compensation, allowances and gratuities payable under sundry statutes to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces and certain other Military Organisations, etc., and for sundry contributions and expenses in connection therewith; for certain extra-statutory children's allowances and for sundry grants 5,453,000 50,156
45 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including certain grants-in-aid 1,979,000 16,000
46 For contributions to the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the United Nations, Intergovernmental Legal Bodies and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and for other expenses in connection therewith 422,000 100
47 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for sundry grants 87,067,000 2,845,920
48 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 Health Boards, miscellaneous grants and certain grants-in-aid 58,028,000 5,034,400
49 For payment of increases in certain pensions, allowances and retired pay in respect of public service 2,370,000
Total of Part II £ 587,512,010 43,847,359
Total of Schedule £ 630,881,960 45,530,779

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