Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
475. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37225/17]
View answerMy Department comprises two separate votes, Vote 28 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 International Co-operation.
The Department and our global mission network engage a range services with banks domestically and internationally.
The following table shows the cost incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade banking charges and card fees 2012 to 2016.
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
€193,971 |
€180,827 |
€189,202 |
€169,350 |
€238,290 |
The Department holds bank accounts with a wide range of financial institutions internationally.
Domestically the main financial institutions that the Department has bank accounts with are AIB, Bank of Ireland and Citibank.
