Appropriation Act 2017

Type Act
Publication 2017-12-18
State In force
Reform history JSON API
1. Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, totalling €46,753,653,000

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-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three million, six hundred and fifty-three thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2017 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 two thousand nine hundred and nineteen million, nine hundred and forty-one thousand euro.

2. Deferred surrender relating to capital supply services totalling €70,305,000

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 are set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2018, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of seventy million, three hundred and five thousand euro.

3. Repayable advances from the Central Fund

3. (1) The Minister for Finance may, following a request from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General’s supply account, having regard to the sums payable from that account, put in place funding arrangements to—

(a) facilitate electronic funds transfers in respect of certain payments due on 1st and 2nd day of January 2018, and

(b) facilitate certain payments, under the Social Welfare Acts, made on an agency basis by An Post payable between the 1st and the 5th day of January 2018.

(2) Amounts required by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1), which in aggregate shall not exceed €200 million, shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any sums so advanced shall be repaid from the Paymaster General’s supply account to the Central Fund in January 2018.

4. Short title

4. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2017.

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 2017.

Sums not exceeding
Vote No. Title
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(1) (2)
1 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President’s Establishment and for certain grants
2 For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including a grant
4 For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office
5 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
6 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor
7 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
8 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
9 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office
10 For the salaries and expenses of the Tax Appeals Commission
11 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants
12 For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; fees to Pensions Authority; miscellaneous payments etc.
13 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure
14 For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory
15 For Secret Service
16 For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office and certain minor services
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service
18 For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office
19 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information
20 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants
21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention and for payment of certain grants
22 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, 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
23 For the salaries and expenses of the Property Registration Authority
24 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants
25 For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and for payment of certain grants
26 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants
27 For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith
28 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants and contributions to International Organisations
29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action, and Environment, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants
30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants and subsidies and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island
31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services
32 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies and grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes
33 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants
34 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants
35 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
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
37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund and for certain grants
38 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to the Health Service Executive and miscellaneous grants
39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement
40 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants including certain grants under cash-limited schemes
41 For the salaries and expenses of the Policing Authority
42 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Rural and Community Development, including certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants
Total of Schedule 1

SCHEDULE 2 Deferred Surrender Relating to Capital Supply Services

Schedule of sums included in Schedule 1 to this Act which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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 2018 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)
11 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants 685,000
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service 60,000
18 For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office 1,429,000
20 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses and for payment of certain grants 8,907,000
21 For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention and for payment of certain grants 2,233,000
22 For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, 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 6,000,000
24 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants 741,000
29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants 6,000,000
30 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office, and of the Irish Land Commission and for payment of certain grants and subsidies and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island 23,800,000
31 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services. 10,950,000
33 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants. 700,000
37 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund and for certain grants. 1,000,000
39 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement. 100,000
42 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Rural and Community Development including certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants. 7,700,000
Total of Schedule 2 70,305,000

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