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 eighty-six thousand, four hundred and sixty-eight million, three hundred and eighty-one thousand euro are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule 1.
In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1), 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 1, the sums respectively set out in the last column of that Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of three thousand, five hundred and forty-seven million, and sixty-six thousand euro.
2. For the purposes of section 91 of the Finance Act 2004, in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1, there are set out in Schedule 2 the sums deferred into the year ending on 31 December 2025, and the related votes and titles in respect of each of those sums, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of two hundred and seven million, two hundred and ten thousand euro.
The Minister for Finance may, following a request from the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster Generals Supply Account, having regard to the sums payable from that Account, put in place funding arrangements to
facilitate electronic funds transfers in respect of certain payments due on the 1st and 2nd day of January 2025, and
facilitate certain payments, under the Social Welfare Acts, made on an agency basis by An Post payable between the 1st and 6th day of January 2025.
Amounts required by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1), which in aggregate shall not exceed nine hundred million euro, shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
Any sums so advanced shall be repaid from the Paymaster Generals Supply Account to the Central Fund in January 2025.
4. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2024.
Sums not exceeding
Vote No.
(1)
Title
(2)
Supply Grants
(3)
Appropriations-in-aid
(4)
1
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the Presidents Establishment and for certain grants
5,260,000
96,000
2
For the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants
37,920,000
841,000
3
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including a grant
24,053,000
722,000
4
For the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office
81,015,000
2,300,000
5
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
65,946,000
1,048,000
6
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor
52,476,000
1,144,000
7
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-Generals Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants
42,434,000
6,460,000
8
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
11,130,000
7,026,000
9
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other services administered by that Office
532,136,000
63,500,000
10
For the salaries and expenses of the Tax Appeals Commission
3,832,000
74,000
11
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants
56,459,000
2,975,000
12
For pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other allowances and gratuities under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 2004 and sundry other statutes; extra-statutory pensions, allowances and gratuities awarded by the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, fees to medical referees and occasional fees to doctors; compensation and other payments in respect of personal injuries; fees to Pensions Authority and other professional fees, miscellaneous payments, etc.
225,388,000
666,343,000
13
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Public Works; for services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and for the recoupment of certain expenditure
675,212,000
23,820,000
14
For the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory
13,475,000
1,446,000
15
For Secret Service
2,000,000
0
16
For the salaries and expenses of Tailte ireann and certain minor services
85,637,000
1,530,000
17
For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service
23,403,000
870,000
18
For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office
72,567,000
7,031,000
19
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information
14,496,000
486,000
20
For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Sochna, including pensions, etc. for the payment of certain witnesses expenses, and for payment of certain grants
2,289,190,000
133,206,000
21
For the salaries and expenses of the Prison Service, and other expenses in connection with prisons, including places of detention, and for payment of certain grants
489,657,000
12,230,000
22
For such of the salaries and expenses of the Courts Service and of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court and of certain other minor services as are not charged to the Central Fund
154,950,000
36,333,000
23
For the salaries and expenses of An Coimisin Toghchin
11,719,000
80,000
24
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain grants
526,061,000
137,796,000
25
For the salaries and expenses of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and for payment of certain grants
8,890,000
203,000
26
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education, for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants
11,426,673,000
514,553,000
27
For certain Official Development Assistance, including certain grants, and for contributions to certain International Organisations involved in Development Assistance and for salaries and expenses in connection therewith
774,319,000
1,030,000
28
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for certain services administered by that Office, including grants and contributions to International Organisations
361,091,000
75,000,000
29
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain grants
1,759,961,000
9,145,000
30
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and subsidies and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island
1,717,533,000
436,567,000
31
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services
3,693,308,000
28,455,000
32
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including certain services administered by that Office, for the payment of certain subsidies and grants and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes
1,348,755,000
86,881,000
33
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants
990,299,000
216,440,000
34
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage including grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, water services, miscellaneous schemes, subsidies, grants and payment of certain grants under cash limited schemes
8,146,571,000
70,854,000
35
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 childrens allowances and other payments and for sundry grants
311,998,000
5,000,000
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
908,173,000
24,525,000
37
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Protection, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, for certain grants and including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office
13,444,364,000
376,986,000
38
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to the Health Service Executive and miscellaneous grants
24,153,208,000
422,705,000
39
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Procurement
21,793,000
525,000
40
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, for certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants
7,958,290,000
29,865,000
41
For the salaries and expenses of the Policing Authority and for the payment of certain grants
4,368,000
70,000
42
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Rural and Community Development including certain services administered by that Office and for the payment of grants
400,908,000
42,669,000
43
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
52,788,000
205,000
44
For the salaries and expenses of the Data Protection Commission
28,126,000
285,000
45
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for certain services administered by that Office, and for the payments of certain grants
3,460,549,000
97,746,000
Total of Schedule 1
86,468,381,000
3,547,066,000
Vote No.
(1)
Title
(2)
Sums for which surrender is deferred
(3)
7
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-Generals Office, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants
110,000
16
For the salaries and expenses of Tailte ireann and certain minor services
479,000
17
For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service
200,000
18
For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office
1,000,000
20
For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Sochna, including pensions, etc. for the payment of certain witnesses expenses, and for payment of certain grants
16,586,000
30
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including certain services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and subsidies and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island
31,800,000
31
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Transport, including certain services administered by that Office, for payment of certain grants and certain other services
129,477,000
33
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media including certain services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain subsidies and grants
24,788,000
37
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Protection, for certain services administered by that Office, for payments to the Social Insurance Fund, for certain grants and including payments under cash-limited schemes administered by that Office
1,380,000
43
For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
1,390,000
Total of Schedule 2
207,210,000