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Appropriation Act, 1929

1929 29

No. 29/1929:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1929


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £196 out of the Central Fund.

2 Issue of £13,624,468 out of the Central Fund.

3 Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.

4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

5 Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.

6 Short title.

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.

SCHEDULE (A)

SCHEDULE (B)


AN ACT TO APPLY CERTAIN SUMS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEARS ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT AND ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THIS SESSION OF THE OIREACHTAS.

[24th July, 1929.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

Issue of £196 out of the Central Fund.

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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the sum of one hundred and ninety-six pounds.

Issue of £13,624,468 out of the Central Fund.

2.—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 ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty the sum of thirteen million, six hundred and twenty-four thousand, four hundred and sixty-eight pounds.

Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.

3.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole thirteen million, six hundred and, twenty-four thousand, six hundred and sixty-four pounds, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit.

(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.

4.—All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule (A) annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of twenty-one millions, seven hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six pounds are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed hereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the notes (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund 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 (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule.

Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.

5.—A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be made in pursuance of this Act for non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Minister for Finance before one of the persons prescribed by such warrant:

Provided that whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter the Minister for Finance may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter.

Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Short title.

6.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1929

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS

Grants out of the Central Fund ... ... ... ... ... £21,724,966

SCHEDULE (B)

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Sums not exceeding:

Supply

Grants

Appropriations in aid
£ £
1927-28 (Excess Vote) 196
1928-29 (Supplementary) 530,177 9,428
1920-30 21,194,593 1,023,001

SCHEDULE (A)

GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1928:— £
Under this Act 196
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1929:—
Under Act No. 4 of 1929 530,177
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1930:—
Under Act No. 4 of 1929 7,570,125
Under this Act 13,624,468
TOTAL £21,724,966

SCHEDULE (B)

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

PART I

Excess—1927—1928.

Sums not exceeding

Supply

Grant

Appropriations-

in-Aid.

Sum granted to make good an excess on the Grant for Haulbowline Dockyard for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1928

£

196

£

PART II

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, 1929

Sums not exceeding

Vote No

(1)

Title

(2)

Supply Grants

(3)

Appropria

-tions-

in-Aid

(4)

£ £
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas 750
7 For the payment of Old Age Pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1928, for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920

175,000

27 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 2,500
28 For Grants in Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908 the Land Act, 1923 , and the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926

4,824

40 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities and Sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums

10

41 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar-General of Births, etc.(7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, s. 54; 26 Vict., c. II, s. 9; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, s. II, and c. 90, s. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70, and 43 and 44 Vict., c. 13)

300

43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for Sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the Cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1928, including certain Grants-in-Aid

10

46 For the Expenses of Primary Education including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund

13,850

47 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, and Increments of Salary to Secondary School Teachers

9,500

51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery 112
52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and of certain services administered by that Office including Sundry Grants in Aid

303,487

9,428

57 For payments under the Railways Act, 1924 , the Tramways and Public Companies(Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish transport

2,500

65 For Wound and Disability Pensions' Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, and for Sundry Contributions in respect of the Administration thereof, and for Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924

10

69 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927)

600

72 For Expenses connected with the Purchase of Fuel during the Coal Emergency, 1926

10,748

73 For the Repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

5,976

TOTAL 530,177 9,428

PART III

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 win come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1930.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No

(1)

Title

(2)

Supply Grants

(3)

Appropria

-tions-

in-Aid

(4)

£ £
1 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Governor-General's Establishment (No. 14 of 1923)

6,060

2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas 121,052
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council

11,973

4 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (No. 1 of 1923), including the National Insurance Audit Office

17,242

5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office

61,239

6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office

660,300

14,900

7 For the payment of Old Age Pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1928, for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920

2,727,000

400

8 For Capital for the Local Loans Fund, and to make repayment to the British Government in respect of local loans outstanding

935,000

9 For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries

10,788

10 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, ss. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, ss. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, ss. 2, 7 and 9; 10 Vict., c. 32, s. 3; 33 & 34 Vict., c. 46, s. 42; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 27; 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 31; &c.)

101,700

11,900

11 For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works, for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and sundry Grants-in-Aid

581,881

152,675

12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

6,971

13 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924, and 41 of 1926), and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926)

12,283

14 For payments in respect of destruction of, or injuries to, Property within the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive, under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Acts, 1923 to 1926, and otherwise; and in respect of damage to or loss of property and payments by way of indemnification or recoupment under the Indemnity Act, 1924 ; and for payment of grants awarded on the recommendation of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916, as compensation for buildings destroyed in Dublin during Easter Week, 1916

272,700

15 For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death

3,900

16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities, etc., under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of the 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and sundry Repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government

1,777,400

17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Buildings occupied by Representatives of External Governments

85,210

2,790

18 For Secret Services 10,000
19 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Tariff Commission (No. 40 of 1926)

1,744

20 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 , and the Juries Act, 1927

19,000

21 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses including certain Grants-in-Aid

8,720

22 For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

115,995

38,545

23 For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey, under the Acts 15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8; 17 Vict., c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 & 23 Vict. c. 8, 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 37; No. 19 of 1923 and the Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925; including Estate Duty Valuation under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910

34,156

6,695

24 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services connected therewith

44,604

2,650

25 For the increase of the Agricultural Grant (No. 35 of 1925) 599,011
26 For the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates

63,134

1,200

27 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 12,100
28 For Contributions towards and Grants-in-Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, the Land Act, 1923 , and the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926

1,53,990

29 For Payment of Subsidy in respect of Beet Sugar (No. 37 of 1925) 108,334
30 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office 4,080
31 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

38,869

32 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925)

1,559,308

36,750

33 For the Expenses of Prisons and Borstal Institutions; and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, s. 6 40 & 41 Vict., c 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60, Edw. 7, c. 17, s. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 50; and 4 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 58)

99,562

9,800

34 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 10 of 1924, secs. 70 & 76; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 & 50, and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13)

39,822

35 For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926)

54,256

3,710

36 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

49,101

37 For the Salaries Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers and certain Local Registering Authorities; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (54 & 35 Vict. c. 66, sec. 7; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 45; No. 27 of 1926, sec. 66; and No. 15 of 1928, sec. 9)

59,035

14,060

38 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58)

5,433

39 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, ss. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, s. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102)

3,164

48

40 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities and Sundry Grants-in-Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums

462,556

14,549

41 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar-General of Births, etc. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, s. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11 s. 9; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, s. 11, and c. 90, s. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13

10,376

9,000

42 For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum

13,704

3,904

43 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for Sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1928 (including certain Grants-in-Aid)

331,928

1,540

44 For Charges connected with Hospitals and Infirmaries (including Sundry Grants-in-Aid)

13,298

45 For the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education (including the cost of Administration, Inspection, etc.)

165,629

65

46 For the Expenses of Primary Education including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund

3,610,793

6,100

47 For Secondary Education including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers

300,800

36,500

48 For the Expenses connected with Technical Instruction 141,217 43,522
49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin including Sundry Grants-in-Aid

32,859

570

50 For Expenses of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926)

117,106

4,200

51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery 4,149
52 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including Sundry Grants-in-Aid

408,474

151,410

53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry 56,803 3,250
54 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Lands and Fisheries, and of certain Services administered by that Office

42,897

34,690

55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46 and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 54 & 55 Vict. c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw 7, c. 38 and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42 Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923, 25 of 1925, 11 of 1926 and 19 of 1927)

513,366

130,150

56 For Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including the Rates Advisory Committee

105,300

4,710

57 For Payments under the Railways Act, 1824, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Transport

47,176

28,102

58 For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal constituted under the Railways Act, 1924

7,190

59 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service (Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894-1921, Crown Lands Acts, 1829-1866)

6,712

4,647

60 For the Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges, including contributions to the Unemployment Fund

220,499

114,689

61 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927)

19,151

62 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, and of certain other Services administered by that Office, including Telephones

2,233,435

86,540

63 For the Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting

26,510

64 For the cost of the Army, including Army Reserve 1,442,521 38,740
65 For Wound and Disability Pensions, Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, and for Sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect of the Administration thereof and for Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924

253,473

66 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office

61,039

67 For a Grant-in-Aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith

8,165

68 For Remuneration for Cost of Management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann

8,950

69 For Advances to the Compensation Funds established under the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 (No. 15 of 1927)

50,400

TOTAL 21,194,593 1,023,001



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