Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to Central Fund) Order 2021

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 56/2021
• Year: 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th February, 2021.

WHEREAS section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 (No. 8 of 2004) makes provision for the carryover from one year to another of any unspent Exchequer capital allocations, up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the capital allocation by Vote;

AND WHEREAS the functions of the Minister for Finance under the said section 91 have been transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform pursuant to the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 480 of 2011 );

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform made a determination for the purposes of subsection (2) of the said section 91 in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred to in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act 2020 (No. 29 of 2020);

AND WHEREAS there is set out in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act 2020 the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2021 and the related Votes and Titles in respect of each of the sums concerned;

AND WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 91 , a draft of the following order has been laid before Dáil Éireann and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by Dáil Éireann in the financial year immediately following the financial year in respect of which the undischarged appropriations concerned relate;

NOW I, MICHAEL MCGRATH, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 91 (4) of the Finance Act 2004 and the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to Central Fund) Order 2021.

2. The sums set out in column (5) of the Schedule, amounting in the aggregate to €709,690,000 are determined to be available for making good supply in the year ending 31 December 2021 for the capital supply services and purposes by reference to the Vote Number, Title, Capital Subheads and Descriptions mentioned in columns (1), (2), (3) and (4), respectively, of that Schedule, opposite the amount mentioned in column (5) in respect of each Capital Subhead.

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Details of sums determined for the purposes of Article 2

Vote No. (1) Title (2) Capital Subhead (3) Description (4) Sums deferred under section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 (5) € 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 A.3 A.5 B.5 B.6 Purchase of Plant and Machinery Flood Risk Management Purchase of Sites and Buildings New Works, Alteration and Additions Total under Vote No. 13 1,500,000 4,000,000 2,500,000 12,000,000 20,000,000 17 For the salaries and expenses of the Public Appointments Service A.2.(v) Office Equipment and IT Services Total under Vote No. 17 200,000 200,000 18 For the salaries and expenses of the National Shared Services Office A.2.(v) Financial Management Shared Services Project Total under Vote No. 18 1,435,000 1,435,000 20 For the salaries and expenses of the Garda Síochána, including pensions, etc.; for the payment of certain witnesses’ expenses, and for payment of certain grants A.12 Capital Building Programme Total under Vote No. 20 12,750,000 12,750,000 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 A.3 Buildings and Equipment Total under Vote No. 21 5,468,000 5,468,000 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 A.2.(v) A.3 Office Equipment and External IT Services Courthouses Capital Works Total under Vote No. 22 1,000,000 3,895,000 4,895,000 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 A.21 Forensic Science Ireland Total under Vote No. 24 3,900,000 3,900,000 29 For the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Environment, Climate and...