Appropriation Act , 1981

Type Act
Publication 1981-12-23
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1 GRANT OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND Issue of £10 out of the Central Fund for the year 1979.

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 31st day of December, 1979, the sum of ten pounds.

2 APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £4,366,583,040.

2.—(1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965, and this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of four thousand, three hundred and sixty-six million, five hundred and eighty-three thousand, and forty pounds and comprising the sum of ten pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1979, and the sum of four thousand, three hundred and sixty-six million, five hundred and eighty-three thousand, and thirty pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1981, 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 four hundred and eighty-nine million, six hundred and eighty-five thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight pounds.

3 Short title.

3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1981.

SCHEDULE

Excess for year 1979

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grant Appropriations-in-Aid
£ £
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Army Pensions for the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1979 10 35,561

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 December, 1981.

Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title Supply Grant 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 114,000
2 For the salaries and expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain grants-in-aid, and for certain expenses in connection with the European Assembly 6,661,000 11,400
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach and for payment of certain grants-in-aid 6,163,000 88,300
4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office 8,039,000 277,000
5 For a grant (grant-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon 3,750,000
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 13,501,000 65,000
7 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 745,000 139,500
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office 57,049,000 5,999,640
9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for certain domestic expenses; for expenditure in respect of public and certain other 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 a grant-in-aid 71,971,000 13,500,000
10 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory 818,000 20,000
11 For Secret Service 125,000
12 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General 3,131,000 25,000
13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 603,000 5,000
14 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses 1,472,000
15 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 7,122,000 1,100,000
16 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services 5,411,000 928,000
17 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 6,154,000 1,493,000
18 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Public Service and for payment of a grant-in-aid 5,871,000 1,311,000
19 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 1,201,000 977,000
20 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman 247,000
21 For pensions, superannuation, compensation (including workmen's compensation), and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, and the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976, and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for the Public Service; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; miscellaneous payments, etc. 29,865,000 4,565,000
22 For grants to Local Authorities in relief of rates on agricultural land 62,208,000
23 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, and of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers and for the purchase of historical documents, etc., and for payment of a grant-in-aid 9,950,000 286,000
24 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 163,857,000 1,879,700
25 For expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; and for welfare services 36,922,000 247,000
26 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund 5,815,000 450,000
27 For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds 4,201,000
28 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office 86,000 110
29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants including certain grants-in-aid 367,334,000 4,675,000
30 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 48,040,000 312,200
31 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation, etc. 262,616,000 1,280,500
32 For Secondary Education 187,404,000 1,825,500
33 For Vocational Education 113,168,000 4,556,000
34 For expenses in connection with Residential Homes and Special Schools 3,544,000 200
35 For grants-in-aid of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, certain Higher Education Institutions and Services and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 84,439,000 500
36 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery including certain grants-in-aid 480,000 3,500
37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, including sundry grants-in-aid 20,194,010 532,190
38 For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry and for payment of a grant-in-aid 33,204,000 6,599,600
39 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 12,318,000 20,500
40 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain services administered by that Office, and for the payment of certain subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid 230,864,000 60,320,427
41 For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Land Commission, including certain grants-in-aid 12,652,000 2,148,000
42 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 43,911,010 1,829,520
43 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid 290,495,000 2,837,020
44 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, including certain services administered by that Office 96,041,000 16,893,910
45 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 326,533,000 243,992,000
46 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 certain grants-in-aid 171,976,000 13,007,000
47 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 26,690,000 852,120
48 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 12,475,000 1,500,000
49 For contributions to International Organisations and for Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid 11,491,000
50 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 696,373,000 20,958,400
51 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 772,068,000 68,400,000
52 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Energy, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain loans, subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid 17,737,010 3,738,000
53 For a grant (grant-in-aid) to the Employment Guarantee Fund 10,000,000
54 For Remuneration 1,484,000
Total of Part II £ 4,366,583,030 489,649,737
Total of Schedule £ 4,366,583,040 489,685,298

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