45 1997

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Number 45 of 1997


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1997


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation of Grants

Section

1.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £12,103,829,000.

Miscellaneous

2.

Financial Resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3rd day of December, 1997.

3.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965

1965, No. 26

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927

1927, No. 7

Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891

1891, c. 24

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Number 45 of 1997


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1997


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON THE 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER, 1997. [19th December, 1997]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £12,103,829,000.

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 twelve thousand and one hundred and three million, eight hundred and twenty-nine thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1997, 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 one thousand and one hundred and fifty-five million, four hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds.

Miscellaneous

Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3rd day of December, 1997.

2. —(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on the 3rd day of December, 1997, and referred to in subsection (2) of this section may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927, be enacted in the year 1998.

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

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to excise on tobacco products);

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to excise on hydrocarbons);

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to vehicle registration tax);

(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to value-added tax);

(e) Financial Resolution No. 5 (which relates to income tax);

(f) Financial Resolution No. 6 (which relates to income tax);

(g) Financial Resolution No. 7 (which relates to income tax and corporation tax);

(h) Financial Resolution No. 8 (which relates to income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax).

Short title.

3. —This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1997.

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, 1997.

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

731,000

  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

39,426,000

700,000

  3

For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach and for payment of grants and grants-in-aid

14,859,000

943,000

  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 and of a grant-in-aid

722,000

  5

For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office

18,074,000

1,370,000

  6

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

35,979,000

274,000

  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.

93,708,000

12,892,000

  8

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

2,948,000

1,560,000

  9

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office

142,982,000

18,809,000

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

106,145,000

9,320,000

11

For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory

2,877,000

22,000

12

For Secret Service

750,000

13

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General including a grant-in-aid

6,007,000

5,000

14

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

5,318,000

8,000

15

For the salaries and expenses of the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey and certain minor services

9,418,000

4,940,000

16

For the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Commission and of the Local Appointments Commission

3,340,000

9,000

17

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Public Offices Commission and the Office of the Information Commissioner

1,439,000

18

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor

12,571,000

140,000

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 a cash-limited scheme administered by that Office, and for payment of grants and a grant-in-aid

41,229,000

783,000

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

480,132,000

14,956,000

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

153,896,000

1,038,000

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

30,475,000

1,230,000

23

For the salaries and expenses of the Land Registry and of the Registry of Deeds

16,200,000

24

For the salaries and expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office

202,000

25

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants including certain grants-in-aid

985,803,000

18,294,000

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

98,498,000

6,121,000

27

For First-Level Education

717,733,000

35,250,000

28

For Second-Level and Further Education

852,574,000

84,135,000

29

For the payment of sundry grants and grants-in-aid in respect of Third-Level and Further Education

609,632,000

61,074,000

30

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants and sundry grants-in-aid

86,261,000

33,483,000

31

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 and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

410,755,000

355,413,000

32

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Enterprise, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants, grants-in-aid and certain other expenses

121,830,000

30,331,000

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

6,562,000

7,000

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 payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes

720,562,000

12,394,000

35

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies, grants and grants-in-aid

89,324,000

759,000

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

410,021,000

11,550,000

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

85,207,000

2,680,000

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

59,835,000

370,000

39

For contributions to International Organisations and for certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants-in-aid

100,138,000

50,000

40

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, and for certain grants including a grant-in-aid

2,721,069,000

62,590,000

41

For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and Children (including Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), and certain services administered by that Office, including grants to Health Boards and miscellaneous grants

2,521,256,000

298,500,000

42

Le haghaidh tuarastail agus costais Oifig an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gaeltachta agus Oileán, le haghaidh seirbhísí áirithe a riarann an Oifig sin, lena n-áirítear deontais áirithe agus ildeontais-i-gcabh-air

130,816,000

73,426,000

43

For the salaries and expenses of the National Gallery, including a grant-in-aid

2,121,000

1,000

44

For grants (grants-in-aid) to An Chomhairle Ealaíon

20,834,000

45

For Increases in Remuneration and Pensions

133,370,000

46

For the payment of certain exceptional grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure in connection with flood relief

200,000

Total of Schedule                        £

12,103,829,000

1,155,427,000