1990
GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and review by the Committee of Public Accounts).  
	No. of Vote  | 
	SERVICE  | 
	Grants and Estimated Receipts 1987  | 
	Actual Expenditure 1987  | 
	Difference Between Exchequer Grants Col. 3 and Net Expenditure Col 6  | 
	Exchequer Extra Receipts  | 
 
	Estimated Expenditure (Gross)  | 
	Estimated Appropriations in Aid  | 
	Net Supply Grant  | 
	Actual Expenditure (Gross)  | 
	Appropriations in Aid Realised  | 
	Net Expenditure  | 
	Amount to be surrendered  | 
	Estimated  | 
	Realised  | 
 
	   | 
	   | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
	£  | 
 
	1.  | 
	President’s Establishment  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	240,000  | 
	—  | 
	240,000  | 
	192,455  | 
	—  | 
	192,455  | 
	47,545  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	2.  | 
	Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Assembly  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	13,045,000  | 
	17,000  | 
	13,028,000  | 
	13,020,123  | 
	21,713  | 
	12,998,410  | 
	29,590  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	3.  | 
	Department of the Taoiseach  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	7,112,000  | 
	114,000  | 
	6,998,000  | 
	6,959,568  | 
	94,696  | 
	6,864,872  | 
	133,128  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	4.  | 
	Central Statistics Office  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	9,931,000  | 
	271,000  | 
	9,660,000  | 
	9,161,252  | 
	281,931  | 
	8,879,321  | 
	780,679  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	5.  | 
	An Chomhairle Ealaíon  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	5,799,000  | 
	—  | 
	5,799,000  | 
	4,999,000  | 
	—  | 
	4,999,000  | 
	800,000  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	6.  | 
	National Gallery  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	804,000  | 
	1,000  | 
	803,000  | 
	773,296  | 
	17  | 
	773,279  | 
	29,721  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	7.  | 
	Office of the Minister for Finance  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	36,211,000  | 
	785,000  | 
	35,426,000  | 
	32,185,155  | 
	839,997  | 
	31,345,158  | 
	4,080,842  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	8.  | 
	Comptroller and Auditor General  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	1,398,000  | 
	115,000  | 
	1,283,000  | 
	1,393,725  | 
	119,218  | 
	1,274,507  | 
	8,493  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	9.  | 
	Office of the Revenue Commissioners  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	109,017,000  | 
	13,879,000  | 
	95,138,000  | 
	105,919,607  | 
	14,376,911  | 
	91,542,696  | 
	3,595,304  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	10.  | 
	Public Works and Buildings  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	112,483,000  | 
	6,800,000  | 
	105,683,000  | 
	112,453,290  | 
	9,627,061  | 
	102,826,229  | 
	2,856,771  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	11.  | 
	State Laboratory  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	1,507,000  | 
	30,000  | 
	1,477,000  | 
	1,487,115  | 
	30,103  | 
	1,457,012  | 
	19,988  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	12.  | 
	Secret Service  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	250,000  | 
	—  | 
	250,000  | 
	68,218  | 
	—  | 
	68,218  | 
	181,782  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	13.  | 
	Office of the Attorney General  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	5,367,000  | 
	64,000  | 
	5,303,000  | 
	5,322,436  | 
	65,895  | 
	5,256,541  | 
	46,459  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	14.  | 
	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	1,289,000  | 
	12,000  | 
	1,277,000  | 
	1,267,234  | 
	18,062  | 
	1,249,172  | 
	27,828  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	15.  | 
	Miscellaneous Expenses  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	350,000  | 
	—  | 
	350,000  | 
	259,138  | 
	—  | 
	259,138  | 
	90,862  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	16.  | 
	Stationery Office  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	10,822,000  | 
	1,570,000  | 
	9,252,000  | 
	10,784,700  | 
	1,649,072  | 
	9,135,628  | 
	116,372  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	17.  | 
	Valuation and Ordnance Survey  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	10,198,000  | 
	1,639,000  | 
	8,559,000  | 
	10,016,465  | 
	1,650,902  | 
	8,365,563  | 
	193,437  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	18.  | 
	Rates on Government Property  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	13,480,000  | 
	400,000  | 
	13,080,000  | 
	13,479,974  | 
	438,428  | 
	13,041,546  | 
	38,454  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	19.  | 
	Farm Classification Office  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	2,472,000  | 
	1,000  | 
	2,471,000  | 
	2,415,846  | 
	2,520  | 
	2,413,326  | 
	57,674  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	20.  | 
	Civil Service Commission  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	2,170,000  | 
	700,000  | 
	1,470,000  | 
	1,880,535  | 
	710,565  | 
	1,169,970  | 
	300,030  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	21.  | 
	Office of the Ombudsman  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	675,000  | 
	—  | 
	675,000  | 
	663,453  | 
	—  | 
	663,453  | 
	11,547  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	22.  | 
	Superannuation and Retired Allowances  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	63,227,000  | 
	8,750,000  | 
	54,477,000  | 
	63,258,749  | 
	9,363,676  | 
	53,895,073  | 
	581,927  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	23.  | 
	Office of the Minister for Justice  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	18,966,000  | 
	390,000  | 
	18,576,000  | 
	18,346,353  | 
	457,691  | 
	17,888,662  | 
	687,338  | 
	65,000  | 
	60,250  | 
 
	24.  | 
	Garda Síochána  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	278,509,000  | 
	7,950,000  | 
	270,559,000  | 
	277,549,881  | 
	7,962,929  | 
	269,586,952  | 
	972,048  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	25.  | 
	Prisons  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	67,164,000  | 
	859,000  | 
	66,305,000  | 
	62,487,980  | 
	956,027  | 
	61,531,953  | 
	4,773,047  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	26.  | 
	Courts  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	12,269,000  | 
	734,000  | 
	11,535,000  | 
	12,256,907  | 
	790,910  | 
	11,465,997  | 
	69,003  | 
	25,000  | 
	10,000  | 
 
	27.  | 
	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	6,593,000  | 
	—  | 
	6,593,000  | 
	6,551,260  | 
	—  | 
	6,551,260  | 
	41,740  | 
	†7,850,000  | 
	‡7,025,055  | 
 
	28.  | 
	Charitable Donations and Bequests  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	101,000  | 
	1,000  | 
	100,000  | 
	98,952  | 
	123  | 
	98,829  | 
	1,171  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	29.  | 
	Environment  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	912,047,000  | 
	47,437,000  | 
	864,610,000  | 
	893,265,054  | 
	47,860,780  | 
	845,404,274  | 
	19,205,726  | 
	—  | 
	1,000  | 
 
	30.  | 
	Office of the Minister for Education  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	86,769,000  | 
	530,000  | 
	86,239,000  | 
	83,044,034  | 
	674,615  | 
	82,369,419  | 
	3,869,581  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	31.  | 
	Primary Education  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	464,507,000  | 
	20,492,000  | 
	444,015,000  | 
	458,807,295  | 
	20,759,544  | 
	438,047,751  | 
	5,967,249  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	32.  | 
	Post-Primary Eduction  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	562,703,000  | 
	64,144,000  | 
	498,559,000  | 
	550,055,721  | 
	70,224,923  | 
	479,830,798  | 
	18,728,202  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	33.  | 
	Special School’s  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	5,067,000  | 
	58,000  | 
	5,009,000  | 
	4,692,937  | 
	73,081  | 
	4,619,856  | 
	389,144  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	34.  | 
	Higher Education  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	124,645,000  | 
	1,000  | 
	124,644,000  | 
	124,046,375  | 
	—  | 
	124,046,375  | 
	597,625  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	35.  | 
	Marine  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	23,658,000  | 
	1,396,000  | 
	22,262,000  | 
	21,395,483  | 
	1,361,466  | 
	20,034,017  | 
	2,227,983  | 
	—  | 
	3,900  | 
 
	36.  | 
	Roinn na Gaeltachta  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	19,302,000  | 
	6,000  | 
	19,296,000  | 
	19,196,681  | 
	31,132  | 
	19,165,549  | 
	130,451  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	37.  | 
	Agriculture and Food  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	360,542,000  | 
	178,570,000  | 
	181,972,000  | 
	354,981,071  | 
	177,714,373  | 
	177,266,698  | 
	4,705,302  | 
	—  | 
	9,499,334  | 
 
	38.  | 
	Labour  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	180,106,000  | 
	12,766,000  | 
	167,340,000  | 
	177,645,302  | 
	15,623,629  | 
	162,021,673  | 
	5,318,327  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	39.  | 
	Industry and Commerce  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	229,479,000  | 
	7,846,000  | 
	221,633,000  | 
	224,710,629  | 
	7,036,256  | 
	217,674,373  | 
	3,958,627  | 
	1,700,000  | 
	1,813,233  | 
 
	40.  | 
	Tourism and Transport  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	116,157,000  | 
	23,052,000  | 
	93,105,000  | 
	115,025,662  | 
	27,540,024  | 
	87,485,638  | 
	5,619,362  | 
	—  | 
	20,830  | 
 
	41.  | 
	Communications  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	103,084,000  | 
	50,708,000  | 
	52,376,000  | 
	102,581,018  | 
	51,626,144  | 
	50,954,874  | 
	1,421,126  | 
	—  | 
	50  | 
 
	42.  | 
	Defence  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	269,140,000  | 
	8,870,000  | 
	260,270,000  | 
	261,031,117  | 
	8,867,302  | 
	252,163,815  | 
	8,106,185  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	43.  | 
	Army Pensions  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	42,443,000  | 
	1,428,000  | 
	41,015,000  | 
	40,934,983  | 
	1,261,500  | 
	39,673,483  | 
	1,341,517  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	44.  | 
	Foreign Affairs  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	24,832,000  | 
	420,000  | 
	24,412,000  | 
	24,759,490  | 
	422,741  | 
	24,336,749  | 
	75,251  | 
	4,200,000  | 
	5,645,596  | 
 
	45.  | 
	International Co-operation  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	24,902,000  | 
	—  | 
	24,902,000  | 
	24,761,084  | 
	—  | 
	24,761,084  | 
	140,916  | 
	—  | 
	10,696  | 
 
	46.  | 
	Social Welfare  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	1,651,665,000  | 
	45,220,000  | 
	1,606,445,000  | 
	1,644,313,454  | 
	45,385,853  | 
	1,598,927,601  | 
	7,517,399  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	47.  | 
	Health  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	1,298,592,000  | 
	129,800,000  | 
	1,168,792,000  | 
	1,298,459,590  | 
	129,867,168  | 
	1,168,592,422  | 
	199,578  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	48.  | 
	Energy  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	11,033,000  | 
	1,384,000  | 
	9,649,000  | 
	10,521,955  | 
	1,549,243  | 
	8,972,712  | 
	676,288  | 
	—  | 
	1,067,745  | 
 
	49.  | 
	Forestry  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	58,752,000  | 
	22,165,000  | 
	36,587,000  | 
	58,414,188  | 
	22,787,567  | 
	35,626,621  | 
	960,379  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	50.  | 
	Increases in Remuneration and Pensions  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	6,700,000  | 
	—  | 
	6,700,000  | 
	4,517,500  | 
	—  | 
	4,517,500  | 
	2,182,500  | 
	—  | 
	7,118  | 
 
	51.  | 
	Public Service Early Retirement Payments  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	...  | 
	10,000,000  | 
	—  | 
	10,000,000  | 
	8,415,720  | 
	—  | 
	8,415,720  | 
	1,584,280  | 
	—  | 
	—  | 
 
	   | 
	Total £  | 
	7,377,574,000  | 
	661,375,000  | 
	6,716,199,000  | 
	7,280,829,010  | 
	680,125,788  | 
	6,600,703,222  | 
	   | 
	13,840,000  | 
	25,164,807  | 
 
	   | 
	Surplus to be Surrendered  | 
	£  | 
	115,495,778  | 
	   | 
	   | 
 
 
APPENDIX 1
COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES IN THE YEAR 1987
	   | 
	Exchequer Issues  | 
	Net Audited Expenditure  | 
	Exchequer Issues (Less than)  | 
	Exchequer Issues (More than)  | 
 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
 
	Central Fund Services  | 
	2,402,893  | 
	2,402,756  | 
	137  | 
	0  | 
 
	Supply Services  | 
	6,612,330  | 
	5,928,417  | 
	683,913  | 
	0  | 
 
	Total  | 
	9,015,223  | 
	8,331,173  | 
	684,050  | 
	0  | 
 
 
The savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1987, as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:  
Written off from the Exchequer Grant Account:— £115,496,000  
CENTRAL FUND SERVICES 1987 — SUMMARY
	   | 
	Estimated Expenditure  | 
	Actual Expenditure  | 
	Less than Estimated  | 
	More than Estimated  | 
 
	   | 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
	£000  | 
 
	Central Fund:—  | 
	   | 
	   | 
	   | 
	   | 
 
	Service of Public Debt  | 
	2,151,167  | 
	2,117,898  | 
	33,269  | 
	0  | 
 
	Contribution to EC Budget  | 
	285,000  | 
	268,807  | 
	16,193  | 
	0  | 
 
	Other Central Fund Services  | 
	13,833  | 
	16,051  | 
	0  | 
	2,218  | 
 
	Total  | 
	2,450,000  | 
	2,402,756  | 
	49,462  | 
	2,218  | 
 
 
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