Appropriation Act , 1940

Type Act
Publication 1940-07-03
State In force
articles 4
Reform history JSON API

1 Issue of £19,883,869 out of the Central Fund for the year 1940-41.

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 forty-one, the sum of nineteen million, eight hundred and eighty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-nine pounds.

2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,883,869.

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 nineteen million, eight hundred and eighty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-nine 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.

3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £31,663,328.

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 thirty-one million, six hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight 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 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.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing sub-section 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 one million, seven hundred and seventy-four thousand, six hundred and eight pounds.

4 Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1940.

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

Grants out of the Central Fund £31,663,328

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Year Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1939-40 (Supplementary) 1,149,459 0 0 —*8,968 0 0
1940-41 30,513,869 0 0 1,783,576 0 0
Total £31,663,328 0 0 £1,774,608 0 0

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GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£ s. d.
For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1940: Under Act No. 5 of 1940 1,149,459 0 0
For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1941:
Under Act No. 5 of 1940 10,630,000 0 0
Under this Act 19,883,869 0 0
Total £31,663,328 0 0

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, 1940.

Vote No. Title Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations-in-Aid
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid 10
8 For Bounties on Sugar made from homegrown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported 2,000
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 850
16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc. 5,000
22 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 4,500 500
25 For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931, and No. 23 of 1939) 370,000
33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána, including the Taca Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 28 of 1939) 10
44 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937, and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts 11,421 —*1,700
46 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, Etc. 12,518
49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid 3,560
50 For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; and No. 24 of 1929) 520 850
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 369,053 26,767
53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid, and for a payment on account of compensation 10
55 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 34 of 1928), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land 22,535 1,000
56 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants 10,000 —*1,000
57 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 60,915 1,725
58 For Transport and Meteorological Services 6,220
61 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund) and Unemployment Assistance (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; and No. 2 of 1938) 231,240 —*31,070
63 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office 30,475 —*6 040
65 For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940, and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939; and for a Grant-in-Aid under the Red Cross Act, 1938 10
67 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) 10
68 For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith 360
70 For Export Subsidies 10
71 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Supplies 3,819
72 For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances 913
73 For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939) 3,500
Total of Part I£ 1,149,459 —*8,968

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Schedule of sums granted and of sums which may be applied as Appropriation s 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, 1941.

Vote No. Title Sums not exceeding
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) 3,958
2 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid 126,368
3 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; and No. 38 of 1938) 14,577
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 20,577
5 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office 73,580
6 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office, and a Grant-in-Aid 924,372 34,775
7 For Old Age Pensions (8 Edw. 7, c. 40; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 16; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 102; No. 19 of 1924; No. 1 of 1928; No. 18 of 1932; and No. 26 of 1938); for Pensions to Blind Persons (No. 18 of 1932 and No. 26 of 1938); and for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith 3,536,000 1,250
8 For Bounties on sugar made from home-grown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture, and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported 52,000
9 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.) 146,724 29,215
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 Works 1,234,775 38,450
11 For Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard 4,920
12 For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory 9,544
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) 24,662
14 For payments in respect of Destruction of or Injuries to Property (No. 15 of 1923; No. 19 of 1926; No. 35 of 1933; No. 18 of 1937, sec. 17; and otherwise) 1,200
15 For the Salaries and other Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries 9,204
16 For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No. 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 32 of 1933; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; No. 16 of 1939; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc. 496,285 2,555
17 For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, &c., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments 134,380 740
18 For Secret Service 20,000
19 For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927) 17,000
20 For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries 13,320
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 158,155 30,830
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; and No. 21 of 1939; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925]; including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc. 34,444 6,795
23 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts 33,949 3,400
24 For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief on Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931 and No. 23 of 1939) 1,270,989
25 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 68,875 2,000
26 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 163,130
27 For payment to the Pensions Investment Account [Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937 (No. 29 of 1935, sec. 42 (2), and No. 11 of 1937, sec. 21)] 450,000
28 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Quit Rent Office 3,280
29 For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks 18,740
30 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 684,011 191,206
31 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 32,219 20,755
32 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice 43,610
33 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána including the Taca Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 28 of 1939) 1,924,554 28,510
34 For the Expenses of Prisons, the Borstal Institution, 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) 84,631 12,455
35 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) 41,178
36 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 and No. 48 of 1936) 54,540 1,310
37 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; and No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102); 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) 47,900
38 For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges and certain Local Registering Authorities; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.) 52,268 26,660
39 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. 5,127
40 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) 3,152 48
41 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, sundry Miscellaneous Grants and Grants-in-Aid, and certain charges connected with Hospitals 1,211,322 15,965
42 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, &c. (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) 13,256 4,825
43 For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107) 16,907 964
44 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937, and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts 301,392 45,015
45 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education 194,663 75
46 For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuaton and a Grant-in-Aid, Etc. 3,790,718 88,873
47 For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary School Teachers and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund 467,750 37,355
48 For Payments under the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education 315,102 32,006
49 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid 51,634 700
50 For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; and No. 24 of 1929) 119,620 3,500
51 For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid 4,422
52 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; and No. 26 of 1939) 1,583,672 144,375
53 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 34 of 1928), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land 229,255 15,200
54 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants 96,085 66,307
55 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid 313,823 3,182
56 For Transport and Meteorological Services 89,817 952
57 For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal (No. 29 of 1924, and Nos. 8 and 9 of 1933) 2,950
58 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)], and for certain payments of Compensation 10,994 1,509
59 For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund) and Unemployment Assistance (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; and No. 2 of 1938) 1,295,090 717,500
60 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927 and No. 13 of 1929) 13,588
61 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister, for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office 2,487,435 116,986
62 For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) 70,650
63 For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; and for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940, and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 3,355,420 54,333
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 and No. 15 of 1937), Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934 and No. 33 of 1938), Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936), and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc. 583,590
65 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) 86,583
66 For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith 11,950
67 For Schemes for the Provision of Employment and the Relief of Distress, including cost of administration 1,400,000
68 For Export Subsidies 339,100
69 For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Supplies 9,883
70 For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939) 9,000
Total of Part II 30,513,869 1,783,576
Total of Schedule (B)£ 31,663,328 1,774,608

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