5.—(1) Any expenses incurred by the Minister or any other Minister in carrying this Act into effect shall, to the extent that may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

[1993 s5(2)]

(2) There shall be paid to the Minister for Finance out of the Social Insurance Fund, at the times and in the manner the Minister for Finance may direct, any sums that the Minister may estimate, on the basis that may be agreed on between the Minister and the Minister for Finance, to be the part of those expenses of the Minister or any other Minister which relates to the scheme of social insurance provided for in Part 2 and any sums so paid shall be appropriated in aid of moneys provided by the Oireachtas for carrying this Act into effect.

[1993 s5(3)]

(3) In estimating expenses for the purposes of subsection (2), there shall be included an amount that, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, represents the amount of the accruing liability in respect of any superannuation or other retiring allowances, lump sums or gratuities accruing in respect of the employment of any officer or other person for the purposes of this Act.

[1993 s5(4)]

F91[(4) Fees incurred on foot of an arrangement under section 289A with a payment service provider, subject to the arrangement concerned and the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as to the manner of payment, shall be paid by the Minister out of the Social Insurance Fund to the payment service provider.]

[1996 s40]

(5) Any fees in respect of an audit of the Social Insurance Fund which are payable to the Comptroller and Auditor General in accordance with section 12 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 shall be paid by the Minister out of that Fund.

[Redundancy Payments Act 2003 s2]

(6) There shall be paid to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment out of the Social Insurance Fund, at the times and in the manner the Minister for Finance may direct, the sums that the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment may estimate, on the basis that may be agreed on between the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister and the Minister for Finance, to be part of the expenses incurred in carrying into effect—

(a) the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2004, and

(b) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003,

and any sums so paid shall be appropriated in aid of moneys provided by the Oireachtas for carrying into effect the Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).