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Number 20 of 1950.


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APPROPRIATION ACT, 1950.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Section

1.

Issue of £51,615,593 out of the Central Fund for the year 1950-51.

2.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £51,615,593.

Appropriation of Grants.

3.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £84,938,177.

4.

Short title.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

Schedule (B).

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Number 20 of 1950.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1950.


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1950, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [26th July, 1950.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund.

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Issue of £51,615,593 out of the Central Fund for the year, 1950-51.

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 ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, the sum of fifty-one million, six hundred and fifteen thousand, five hundred and ninety-three pounds.

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Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £51,615,593.

2.—(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 fifty-one million, six hundred and fifteen thousand, five hundred and ninety-three 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.

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(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.

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(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.

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Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £84,938,177.

3.—(1) 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 eighty-four million, nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven 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 thereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the note (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.

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(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 Schedule (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby in the aggregate to the sum of three million, four hundred thousand, five hundred and fourteen pounds.

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Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1950.

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Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS.

Grants out of Central Fund

£84,938,177  0  0

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Sums not exceeding

Year

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1949–50 (Supplementary)

6,611,924

0

0

*152,460

0

0

1950–51

78,326,253

0

0

3,552,974

0

0

Total

84,938,177

0

0

3,400,514

0

0

*Deficit.

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Schedule (A).

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£

s.

d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1950: Under Act No. 8 of 1950

6,611,924

0

0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1951:

Under Act No. 8 of 1950

26,710,660

0

0

Under this Act

51,615,593

0

0

Total

£84,938,177

0

0

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Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Part I.

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, 1950.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

7

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1948); for Supplements (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

198,000

10

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works

266,700

19,000

14

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939)

4,600

17

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

5,000

21

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

28,000

1,600

22

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey (15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and 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; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

550

200

24

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; and No. 20 of 1948)

62,000

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

10

30

For Agricultural Produce Subsidies, etc.

375,000

33

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, and Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949)

303,670

3,750

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other expenses in connection with Housing and Miscellaneous Grants

516,000

42

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

1,700

*1,700

44

For certain Grants-in-Aid of the National Health Insurance Fund and for other payments under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1948, and the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946).

60,200

46

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

81,500

53

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

4,500

12,500

55

For Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid.

10,010

*225,500

58

For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1947, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); for expenses in connection with the issue of Medals and Certificates; and for the Coast Life Saving Service.

4,91,000

61

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

109,700

28,840

62

For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) including Public Concerts.

8,670

64

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946 and Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, and Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949); Pensions Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936 and No. 9 of 1948); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

10

65

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid

16,990

66

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

13,500

5,850

68

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals

447,770

3,000

74

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

6,844

Total of Part I

6,611,924

*152,460

*Deficit.

Schedule (B).

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 March, 1951.

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, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938)

6,700

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Grants-in-Aid

186,500

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947)

21,970

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

93,850

150

5

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

30,330

5,600

6

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

154,430

1,505

7

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

1,401,270

7,000

8

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33 secs. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.)

225,640

42,250

9

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works

2,649,350

70,000

10

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

954,500

11

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

25,750

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

14,470

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924 and No. 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946)

31,900

12,455

14

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939)

45,000

15

For the Salaries and Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries

7,400

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1947, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950, 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 sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 19 of 1946); etc.

943,650

21,375

17

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

242,600

950

18

For Secret Service

5,000

19

For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

18,000

20

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 36 of 1946; etc.)

3,550,989

21

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney-General, etc., and 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

99,200

4,000

22

For Grants to Universities and Colleges (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No. 32 of 1926; No. 35 of 1929; and No. 27 of 1934), including certain Grants-in-Aid

292,174

23

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries

15,460

24

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

317,380

55,705

25

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey (15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and 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; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

51,350

7,295

26

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

46,240

5,000

27

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

15,097,040

361,977

28

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including a Grant-in-Aid

199,160

29,057

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

68,570

30

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, and Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949)

2,943,280

62,080

31

For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

173,630

19,350

32

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; and No. 21 of 1946) and for a Capitation grant

73,200

33

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges, Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)

100,350

26,153

34

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, No. 48 of 1936, and No. 25 of 1945)

77,030

460

35

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

80,440

36

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), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

7,540

37

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

4,180

48

38

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing and Miscellaneous Grants

4,382,160

38,435

39

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education and for Expenses connected with the Council of Education

285,890

363

40

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

6,400,000

98,970

41

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

926,330

41,320

42

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1947, and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

704,730

33,833

43

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous, Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

122,550

5,360

44

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941 and No. 6 of 1949)

155,210

15,700

45

For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940)

55,300

46

For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid

8,560

47

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 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; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; No. 12 of 1946; No. 25 of 1949; and No. 16 of 1950)

1,535,390

139,120

48

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

603,630

96,235

49

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns

176,740

166,609

50

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

2,282,900

126,600

51

For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); for expenses in connection with the issue of Medals and Certificates; and for the Coast Life Saving Service

370,040

5,861

52

For Aviation and Meteorological Services

702,610

156,750

53

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927, No. 13 of 1929, No. 45 of 1947 and No. 32 of 1949)

19,350

54

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 14 of 1940, secs. 30 and 31; No. 14 of 1942, sec. 23; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

5,488,600

253,620

55

For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) including Public Concerts

247,180

56

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Red Cross Society (No. 32 of 1938)

3,976,710

154,812

57

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943, No. 3 of 1946 and Nos. 19 and 28 of 1949); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944, Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945, and Nos. 7 and 29 of 1949); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936 and No. 9 of 1948); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946 and No. 15 of 1949); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

869,320

58

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid

359,350

59

For contributions towards the expenses of the Council of Europe and of the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation and for other expenses in connection therewith

34,850

60

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

378,620

565,963

61

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1948); for Supplements (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

7,148,500

2,000

62

For Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944 and No. 8 of 1946)

2,230,000

63

For Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and the cost of Supplements) and Unemployment Assistance (including the cost of supplements and allowances), (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945; No. 37 of 1946; No. 39 of 1947 and No. 17 of 1948)

1,361,200

540,990

64

For payment to the Pensions Investment Account (No. 29 of 1935), and to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund (No. 22 of 1946)

1,012,100

65

For certain Grants-in-Aid of the National Health Insurance Fund and for the other payments under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1950, and the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)

514,900

66

For sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

221,200

67

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid and certain charges connected with Hospitals

3,289,000

327,080

68

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

18,540

9,215

69

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc. of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945)

30,970

1,728

70

For Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property caused by the dropping of bombs from foreign aircraft and by kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 24 of 1941)

8,300

71

For the Transition Development Fund

2,000,000

72

For Grants-in-Aid in connection with Technical Assistance afforded by the United States Economic Co-operation Administration

150,000

Total of Part II     £

78,326,253

3,552,974

Total of Schedule (B)      £

84,938,177

3,400,514