Appropriation Act, 1995

1995 34

No. 34/1995:

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1995

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Issue of £1,788,797 out of the Central Fund for the year 1993.

2 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £10,398,104,797.

3 Setting up of special account.

4 Short title.

SCHEDULE

AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1993, AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SETTING UP, AND PAYMENTS ON AN EX GRATIA BASIS OUT OF, A SPECIAL ACCOUNT TO BE FUNDED FROM MONEYS PROVIDED BY THE OIREACHTAS IN THE HEALTH VOTE IN RESPECT OF A SCHEME OF COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED OR TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND FOR CONNECTED MATTERS.

[21st December, 1995]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

GRANT OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND

Issue of £1,788,797 out of the Central Fund for the year 1993.

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, 1993, the sum of one million, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds.

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £10,398,104,797.

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 ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight million, one hundred and four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds and comprising the sum of one million, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1993, and the sum of ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-six million, three hundred and sixteen thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1995, 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 sixty-three million, two hundred and twenty-two thousand, eight hundred and eighty pounds.

Setting up of special account.

3.—(1) In this section—

"the Scheme" means the Scheme of Compensation established or to be established by the Minister for Health for the purpose of compensating, on an ex gratia basis, certain persons who have been diagnosed positive for Hepatitis C antibodies or Hepatitis C virus resulting from—

( a ) the use of Human Immunoglobulin — Anti-D within the State, or

( b ) the receiving by certain persons of a blood transfusion or a blood product within the State;

"special account" means an account for the purposes of the Scheme in the joint names of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health, which account shall—

( a ) be an account with the Paymaster General,

( b ) be subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Finance in consultation with the Minister for Health, may determine, and

( c ) be subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General;

"the Tribunal" means the tribunal appointed by the Minister for Health under the Scheme to administer the Scheme.

(2) There shall be set up a special account, to be funded from moneys provided by the Oireachtas in the Health Vote, to be used to pay awards, on an ex gratia basis, made by the Tribunal under the Scheme and to pay the costs of administering the Scheme.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the moneys in the special account may be used at any time but shall only be used for the purposes for which they were voted and shall be issued out of that account only by direction of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Any moneys, including interest (if any), in the special account may be paid into, or disposed for the benefit of, the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1995 .

SCHEDULE

PART I

EXCESS FOR YEAR 1993

Sums not exceeding

	Supply Grants	Appropriations-in-Aid
	£	£
Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for International Co-operation for the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1993	1,788,797	115,120* ¹

PART II

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, 1995.

		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	656,000	—
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 Parliament	29,793,000	853,000
3	For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach and for payment of grants and a grant-in-aid	154,513,000	206,000
4	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Tánaiste including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of a grant-in-aid	1,542,000	—
5	For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office	13,719,000	1,500,000
6	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office, for payment of certain grants, grants-in-aid and for the Ad-Hoc Commission on Referendum Information	38,515,000	230,000
7	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; fees to Pensions Board; miscellaneous payments, etc.	92,653,000	12,297,000
8	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General	2,657,000	1,470,000
9	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office	141,387,000	17,879,000
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	134,563,000	12,450,000
11	For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory	2,279,000	105,000
12	For Secret Service	270,000	—
13	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid	11,342,000	130,000
14	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	3,505,000	16,000
15	For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services	9,084,000	4,700,000
16	For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission	3,312,000	1,000
17	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Public Offices Commission	1,232,000	—
18	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and grants-in-aid	140,140,000	26,977,000
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 grants	23,905,000	761,000
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; for payment of a grant-in-aid; and for the payment of a repayable advance	412,654,000	15,650,000
21	For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, probation and welfare staff and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention; for probation and welfare services; and for payment of a grant-in-aid	111,568,000	950,000
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	27,056,000	1,225,000
23	For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds	14,180,000	—
24	For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office	213,000	—
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	902,895,000	10,250,000
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	100,003,000	5,803,000
27	For First-level Education	650,034,000	33,652,000
28	For Second-level and Further Education	759,787,000	65,256,000
29	For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid and in respect of Third-level and Further Education	434,280,000	42,381,000
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	50,413,000	6,257,000
31	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, 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	279,635,000	243,680,000
32	For salaries and expenses in connection with Forestry and for payment of certain grants	14,441,000	42,025,000
33	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and a grant-in-aid	12,299,000	5,000
34	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid	449,544,000	11,235,000
35	For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism and Trade, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid	77,448,000	315,000
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	373,662,000	16,200,000
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	52,945,000	2,785,000
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	48,118,000	330,000
39	For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid	76,020,000	150,000
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	2,473,931,000	59,492,000
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	2,160,548,000	267,335,000
42	Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Oifig an Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta, lena n-áirítear deontais le haghaidh tithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabhair	64,835,000	58,786,000
43	For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including a grant-in-aid	1,740,000	1,000
44	For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon	16,250,000	—
45	For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions	25,000,000	—
46	For the payment of certain exceptional grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief	1,750,000	—

	TOTAL OF PART II	£	10,396,316,000	963,338,000
	TOTAL OF SCHEDULE	£	10,398,104,797	963,222,880

ACTS REFERRED TO

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965	1965, No. 26
Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891	1891, c. 24

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