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Number 34 of 1995


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1995


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Issue of £1,788,797 out of the Central Fund for the year 1993.

2.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £10,398,104,797.

3.

Setting up of special account.

4.

Short title.

SCHEDULE

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Number 34 of 1995


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1995


AN ACT TO APPLY A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1993, AND TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT, 1965 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SETTING UP, AND PAYMENTS ON AN EX GRATIA BASIS OUT OF, A SPECIAL ACCOUNT TO BE FUNDED FROM MONEYS PROVIDED BY THE OIREACHTAS IN THE HEALTH VOTE IN RESPECT OF A SCHEME OF COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED OR TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [21st December, 1995]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Grant out of the Central Fund

Issue of £1,788,797 out of the Central Fund for the year 1993.

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 ended on the 31st day of December, 1993, the sum of one million, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds.

Appropriation of Grants

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £10,398,104,797.

2. —(1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965 , and this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight million, one hundred and four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds and comprising the sum of one million, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1993, and the sum of ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-six million, three hundred and sixteen thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1995, 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 nine hundred and sixty-three million, two hundred and twenty-two thousand, eight hundred and eighty pounds.

Setting up of special account.

3. —(1) In this section—

the Scheme” means the Scheme of Compensation established or to be established by the Minister for Health for the purpose of compensating, on an ex gratia basis, certain persons who have been diagnosed positive for Hepatitis C antibodies or Hepatitis C virus resulting from—

(a) the use of Human Immunoglobulin — Anti-D within the State, or

(b) the receiving by certain persons of a blood transfusion or a blood product within the State;

special account” means an account for the purposes of the Scheme in the joint names of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health, which account shall—

(a) be an account with the Paymaster General,

(b) be subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Finance in consultation with the Minister for Health, may determine, and

(c) be subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General;

the Tribunal” means the tribunal appointed by the Minister for Health under the Scheme to administer the Scheme.

(2) There shall be set up a special account, to be funded from moneys provided by the Oireachtas in the Health Vote, to be used to pay awards, on an ex gratia basis, made by the Tribunal under the Scheme and to pay the costs of administering the Scheme.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the moneys in the special account may be used at any time but shall only be used for the purposes for which they were voted and shall be issued out of that account only by direction of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Any moneys, including interest (if any), in the special account may be paid into, or disposed for the benefit of, the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance.

Short title.

4. —This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1995.