Appropriation Act 2007

Type Act
Publication 2007-12-21
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €45,148,322,000.

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 forty five thousand, one hundred and forty-eight million, three hundred and twenty-two thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2007 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), 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 1, the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of four thousand, one hundred and fifty-four million three hundred and thirteen thousand euro.

2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services, totalling €126,119,000.

2.— For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004, in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1, there is set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2008, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of one hundred and twenty-six million, one hundred and nineteen thousand euro.

3. Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2007.

3.— (1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2007 and referred to in subsection (2) may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927, be enacted in the year 2008.

(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows:

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to an increase in excise duties on tobacco and tobacco products);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to an increase in stamp duty rates on bills of exchange);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to an increase in the rates of motor tax and trade licence plates);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to income tax and to an increase in the specified rate for preferential loans).

4. Short title.

4.— This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2007.

SCHEDULE 1 Appropriation of Sums Voted for Supply Services

Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as appropriations-in-aid in addition to the sums granted, to defray the charges for the Public Services mentioned in column (2) to this Schedule which come in course of payment during the year ending 31 December 2007.

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 .. 3,469,000
2 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 43,736,000 100,000
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including a grant-in-aid ..... ..... ..... 19,220,000 8,000
4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office ..... ..... ..... 54,900,000 695,000
5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 9,747,000 4,200,000
6 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster General's Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 97,501,000 6,583,000
7 For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 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; fees to Pensions Board; payments in respect of Pensions Benefit System, miscellaneous payments, etc. ..... ..... 253,000,000 62,000,000
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Appeal Commissioners ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 651,000
9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 409,598,000 41,460,000
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency, and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 616,262,000 21,360,000
11 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 10,009,000 100,000
12 For Secret Service ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 805,000
13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor. 50,157,000 270,000
14 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 35,795,000 15,000
15 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office and certain minor services ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... 10,977,000 1,630,000
16 For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service ..... 13,810,000 150,000
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments ..... 1,059,000
18 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information ..... 8,625,000 5,000
19 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... 450,338,000 20,296,000
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 ..... ..... ..... 1,437,342,000 45,049,000
21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; for probation services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 374,389,000 22,749,000
22 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court and of certain other minor services as are not charged to the Central Fund ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 102,566,000 28,361,000
23 For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority ..... 44,194,000
24 For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 465,000 1,000
25 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants ........ 2,944,624,000 31,276,000
26 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Science, for certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... 8,485,331,000 227,703,000
27 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payment of certain grants ..... ..... 475,001,000 47,653,000
28 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants-in-aid and contributions to International Organisations ..... 214,945,000 39,000,000
29 For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith 729,807,000 150,000
30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid ..... 274,802,000 237,169,000
31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes ........ ......... ........... ..... ..... 1,303,705,000 436,307,000
32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid and certain other services ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2,859,321,000 30,550,000
33 For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... 11,765,000 1,000
34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1,391,311,000 117,839,000
35 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid 649,276,000 2,240,000
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 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 797,130,000 24,951,000
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 other payments and for sundry grants ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 181,878,000 6,589,000
38 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office and for certain grants including a grant-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 8,245,135,000 179,509,000
39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain other services administered by that Office, including miscellaneous grants ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 478,472,000 380,000
40 For the salaries and expenses of the Health Service Executive and certain other services administered by the Executive, including miscellaneous grants ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 11,474,410,000 2,493,009,000
41 For the provision of certain services in respect of children, including miscellaneous grants ..... ..... ..... .... ..... 582,794,000 24,955,000
Total of Schedule 1 ... 45,148,322,000 4,154,313,000

SCHEDULE 2 Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Finance may determine by order under section 91 of the Finance Act 2004, will be available for application towards making good supply in the year ended 31 December 2008 for the capital supply services and purposes in the Votes and corresponding Titles mentioned in columns (1) and (2).

Vote No. Title Sums for which surrender is deferred
(1) (2) (3)
6 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General’s Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid 800,000
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office including the Stationery Office as part of the Government Supplies Agency, and for payment of certain grants and for recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief...... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 35,650,000
23 For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 500,000
30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid ..... 2,047,000
31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 31,413,000
34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies, grants and a grant-in-aid, and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 23,428,000
35 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid ..... ..... ..... ..... 25,181,000
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 ..... ..... ..... 3,000,000
39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain other services administered by that Office, including miscellaneous grants ..... ..... 4,100,000
Total of Schedule 2 ... 126,119,000

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