Appropriation Act , 1991

Type Act
Publication 1991-12-27
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £7,199,991,000.

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 seven thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1991, are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule 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 hereto, the sums respectively set forth in column (4) of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of nine hundred and seventeen million, five hundred and eighty-one thousand pounds.

2 Amendment of Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927.

2.—The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927, is hereby amended—

(a) in section 4—

(i) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (a):

“(a) subject to section 4A of this Act, if a Bill containing provisions to the same effect (with or without modifications) as the resolution is not read a second time by Dáil Éireann—

(i) where Dáil Éireann is in recess on any day between the eighty-second and the eighty-fourth day after the resolution is passed by Dáil Éireann, within the next five sitting days of the resumption of Dáil Éireann after that recess,

(ii) in any other case, within the next eighty-four days after the resolution is passed by Dáil Éireann,”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of “subject to section 4A of this Act” before “the expiration of a period of four months” in paragraph (d),

and

(b) by the insertion of the following new section after section 4:

“4A. Where Dáil Éireann, having passed a resolution under this Act, has been dissolved on the date the resolution was so passed or within eighty-four days of that date, the period of dissolution shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating any period to which paragraph (a) or (d) of section 4 of this Act relates.”.

3 Short title.

3.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1991.

SCHEDULE 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, 1991.

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, for certain other expenses of the President's Establishment and for certain grants 457,000
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 21,294,000 477,000
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach including certain cultural and archival activities and for payment of grants and certain grants-in-aid 16,015,000 310,000
4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office 19,968,000 994,000
5 For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon 9,712,000
6 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery including a grant-in-aid 1,015,000 1,000
7 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 and grants-in-aid 33,421,000 695,000
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 1,692,000 120,000
9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office 113,887,000 16,899,000
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works and for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency 99,569,000 8,700,000
11 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory 1,832,000 56,000
12 For Secret Service 170,000
13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid 6,144,000 67,000
14 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 2,202,000 21,000
15 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services 9,266,000 3,000,000
16 For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission 2,240,000 675,000
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman 876,000
18 For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, 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 Finance; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; miscellaneous payments, etc. 70,165,000 10,100,000
19 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, and of certain other services administered by that Office, and for payment of a grant and grant-in-aid 17,100,000 880,000
20 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 316,142,000 8,364,000
21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, probation and welfare staff and other expenses in connection with prisons, including centres of detention for juveniles; for probation and welfare services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid 82,474,000 789,000
22 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 17,382,000 808,000
23 For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds 10,154,000
24 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office 138,000
25 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 604,482,000 17,862,000
26 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education, for certain services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid 84,813,000 453,000
27 For First-level Education 474,242,000 23,192,000
28 For Second-level and Further Education 468,855,000 71,233,000
29 For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid and in respect of Third-level and Further Education 212,096,000 85,412,000
30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid 33,015,000 4,780,000
31 Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Roinn na Gaeltachta, maille le deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair 25,678,000 20,000
32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food, including certain services administered by that Office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants, subsidies and sundry grants-in-aid 176,389,000 272,290,000
33 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 and grants-in-aid 148,627,000 500,000
34 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 loans, subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid 237,694,000 8,647,000
35 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain loans, grants and grants-in-aid 133,085,000 102,884,000
36 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 317,435,000 16,074,000
37 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 50,971,000 1,622,000
38 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of certain services administered by that Office, including grants-in-aid 36,711,000 380,000
39 For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid 24,966,000 200,000
40 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 certain grants including a grant-in-aid 1,713,453,000 58,348,000
41 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 and miscellaneous grants 1,399,081,000 189,553,000
42 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Energy, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and a grant-in-aid 6,538,000 1,914,000
43 For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry and for payment of certain grants 7,545,000 9,261,000
44 For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions 191,000,000
Total £ 7,199,991,000 917,581,000

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