Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020
477. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of supplier invoices and the value of each which were processed for payment by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019. [3841/20]
View answerThe European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012 - SI 580 of 2012 gives legal effect to Directive 2011/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions.
The 2012 Regulations provide that public authorities must pay for goods and services they procure within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice or as specified in a contract (which cannot exceed 30 days). Failure to do so incurs the automatic payment of interest and compensation.
To promote compliance with the legislation, Government Departments and relevant public sector bodies are required to publish on their respective websites, their quarterly payment performance reports. Individual Government Departments are also required to publish the quarterly composite reports covering the bodies under their aegis.
Since 2013, my Department has been collating and publishing the composite quarterly returns by Central Government Departments of payments made to their suppliers. This information which has been supplied by each Department relates to payments made to suppliers within 15 days and within 30 days.
The figures included in the table below have been calculated based on the values provided to my Department by Government Departments as part of the 15-day prompt payment requirements.
Table 1 provides the value of payments which were processed by each Department from 2013 to 2019. It also includes the value of payments processed by the bodies under the aegis of my Department in the period from 2013 to 2019. It should be noted that there have been changes in Department configurations over this period.
Table 2 provides the numbers of payments that were processed by each Department from 2013 to 2019. It also includes the number of invoices processed by the bodies under the aegis of my Department in the period from 2013 – 2019.
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2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine (previously Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) |
104,055 |
115,480 |
134,183 |
168,223 |
154,878 |
205,075 |
220,501 |
|
Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs |
41,844 |
36,859 |
40,059 |
11,460 |
62,192 |
|
|
|
Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
|
|
|
47,402 |
|
|
|
|
Business, Enterprise & Innovation (previously Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) |
78,923 |
28,059 |
40,707 |
42,217 |
25,462 |
14,444 |
14,543 |
|
Children & Youth Affairs |
82,820 |
31,386 |
10,622 |
12,236 |
13,509 |
9,755 |
9,151 |
|
Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
|
|
|
|
|
25,483 |
26,697 |
|
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
15,707 |
30,879 |
60,241 |
3,241 |
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|
|
|
Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources |
|
|
|
20,192 |
34,753 |
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|
|
Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht |
|
|
|
|
|
57,309 |
66,340 |
|
Defence |
130,630 |
162,394 |
184,735 |
194,163 |
191,259 |
209,562 |
234,999 |
|
Education & Skills |
326,028 |
372,601 |
381,249 |
388,845 |
350,248 |
362,005 |
510,093 |
|
Environment, Community and Local Government |
16,081 |
16,260 |
17,493 |
1,551 |
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|
|
|
Employment Affairs & Social Protection |
346,116 |
343,329 |
277,475 |
298,381 |
315,419 |
377,596 |
344,635 |
|
Finance |
10,453 |
7,991 |
9,318 |
7,181 |
8,988 |
5,786 |
4,920 |
|
Foreign Affairs & Trade |
29,627 |
28,630 |
32,035 |
38,019 |
34,959 |
40,467 |
44,478 |
|
Health |
5,433 |
4,668 |
4,823 |
5,713 |
7,663 |
10,641 |
20,138 |
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Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government |
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|
|
8,099 |
12,592 |
31,047 |
34,063 |
|
Justice & Equality |
117,224 |
135,659 |
143,200 |
149,596 |
160,457 |
178,969 |
240,823 |
|
Public Expenditure & Reform |
6,026 |
7,638 |
11,438 |
14,020 |
20,118 |
20,859 |
22,849 |
|
Rural & Community Development |
|
|
|
|
|
31,821 |
30,734 |
|
Taoiseach |
7,417 |
7,161 |
8,303 |
7,433 |
7,870 |
29,993 |
8,067 |
|
Transport, Tourism & Sport |
1,795,094 |
1,807,581 |
1,722,723 |
1,854,372 |
1,849,599 |
2,098,980 |
2,369,197 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Bodies under the aegis of DBEI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Enterprise Ireland |
31,724 |
31,877 |
39,736 |
32,527 |
32,797 |
36,103 |
38,074 |
|
Forfas |
7,510 |
971 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health & Safety Authority |
6,600 |
6,418 |
7,328 |
7,013 |
7,583 |
6,593 |
7,550 |
|
Industrial Development Agency |
34,569 |
67,645 |
48,900 |
53,201 |
64,607 |
68,377 |
108,134 |
|
Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority |
994 |
906 |
699 |
812 |
989 |
1,279 |
1,052 |
|
Labour Relations Commission |
544 |
462 |
272 |
|
|
|
|
|
National Consumer Authority |
5,160 |
2,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Standards Authority of Ireland |
7,145 |
7,229 |
11,241 |
10,519 |
8,879 |
10,281 |
9,965 |
|
Personal Injuries Assessment Board |
14,003 |
15,589 |
16,358 |
17,285 |
19,001 |
16,871 |
16,523 |
|
Science Foundation Ireland |
4,041 |
4,464 |
4,525 |
6,296 |
6,573 |
6,105 |
14,479 |
|
Shannon Development |
21,771 |
7,061 |
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|
|
|
|
|
The Competition & Consumer Protection Commission |
|
858 |
4,148 |
3,404 |
4,090 |
3,997 |
5,182 |
|
The Competition Authority |
601 |
676 |
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|
|
|
|
|
The Equality tribunal |
|
84 |
32 |
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|
|
|
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2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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Number of payments |
Number of payments |
Number of payments |
Number of payments |
Number of payments |
Number of payments |
Number of payments |
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Agriculture, Food and the Marine (previously Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) |
24,842 |
23,648 |
25,405 |
25,620 |
27,328 |
26,961 |
25,870 |
|
Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs |
14,003 |
13,869 |
13,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
|
|
|
12,240 |
9,203 |
|
|
|
Business, Enterprise & Innovation (previously Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) |
6,889 |
6,167 |
6,976 |
6,904 |
7,038 |
7,245 |
7,336 |
|
Children & Youth Affairs |
2,016 |
1,322 |
1,687 |
1,874 |
2,049 |
1,942 |
1,628 |
|
Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
|
|
|
|
|
5,697 |
5681 |
|
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
3,981 |
4,359 |
9,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources |
|
|
|
3,635 |
5,469 |
|
|
|
Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht |
|
|
|
|
|
12,799 |
15,845 |
|
Defence |
36,962 |
36,496 |
37,197 |
36,762 |
34,050 |
34,650 |
32,817 |
|
Education & Skills |
14,052 |
11,874 |
12,799 |
11,738 |
11,145 |
12,090 |
13,613 |
|
Environment, Community and Local Government |
6,274 |
4,883 |
4,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
Employment Affairs & Social Protection |
19,581 |
16,587 |
15,954 |
15.438 |
14,733 |
13,279 |
12,270 |
|
Finance |
4,373 |
2,968 |
2,921 |
2,889 |
3,004 |
3,129 |
3,035 |
|
Foreign Affairs & Trade |
7,337 |
6,039 |
6,370 |
6,504 |
7,196 |
7,644 |
8,738 |
|
Health |
2,487 |
2,191 |
2,513 |
2,664 |
3,071 |
3,532 |
3,427 |
|
Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government |
|
|
|
3,082 |
4,049 |
4,722 |
5,373 |
|
Justice & Equality |
29,126 |
32.653 |
31,763 |
35,630 |
41,333 |
46,362 |
49,537 |
|
Public Expenditure & Reform |
2,238 |
2,303 |
2,527 |
2,533 |
2,985 |
3,470 |
3,509 |
|
Rural & Community Development |
|
|
|
|
|
4,357 |
2,191 |
|
Taoiseach |
1,775 |
1,626 |
2,206 |
2,612 |
3,418 |
2,911 |
2,164 |
|
Transport, Tourism & Sport |
20,563 |
19,268 |
13,210 |
12,195 |
12,518 |
12,331 |
15,192 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Bodies under the aegis of DBEI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Enterprise Ireland |
13,133 |
11,477 |
11,252 |
11673 |
12,468 |
13,587 |
15,461 |
|
Forfas |
1,574 |
605 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health & Safety Authority |
2,607 |
2,834 |
3,469 |
3,376 |
3,390 |
3,371 |
3,786 |
|
Industrial Development Agency |
6,416 |
6,598 |
7,167 |
7,267 |
5,647 |
6,135 |
6,921 |
|
Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority |
288 |
293 |
386 |
483 |
423 |
435 |
455 |
|
Labour Relations Commission |
1,060 |
1,162 |
859 |
|
|
|
|
|
National Consumer Authority |
1,186 |
957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Standards Authority of Ireland |
2,740 |
2,705 |
3,048 |
3,051 |
3,003 |
3,575 |
3,801 |
|
Personal Injuries Assessment Board |
20,952 |
23,321 |
23,773 |
26,055 |
25,887 |
23,719 |
24,451 |
|
Science Foundation Ireland |
1,136 |
1,073 |
1,146 |
1,599 |
1,560 |
1,198 |
1,399 |
|
Shannon Development |
11,576 |
5,071 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Competition & Consumer Protection Commission |
|
261 |
1,775 |
1,940 |
1,519 |
1,388 |
1,541 |
|
The Competition Authority |
439 |
374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Equality tribunal |
|
151 |
78 |
|
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