Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 May 2008
296 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods and services employed for each of the years 2004 to 2007 and to date in 2008 in tabular readable form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17371/08]
View answerThe average time for payment to be made by agencies affiliated to my Department to outside contractors for goods and services is a matter for the agencies themselves. Insofar as the Department is concerned the information for 2005 to 2008 required by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The figures for 2004 are not available. The figures are based on the average number of working days from the date of receipt of the supplier invoice to the date of payment.
|
Year |
Average (days) |
|
2005 |
26 |
|
2006 |
25 |
|
2007 |
27 |
|
2008 To Date |
22 |
