Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2010
75 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of moneys owed to private firms by public bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46478/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThis question was answered in respect of my own Department on 11th November, 2010 under parliamentary question number 42270/10. I am interpreting public bodies in accordance with the definitions set out in the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and the information in respect of those bodies under the remit of my Department is set out as follows.
TheSpecial EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is committed to ensuring that all payments are made to suppliers on a prompt basis. Payments are issued to suppliers on a weekly basis and therefore no monies are owed to private firms by the SEUPB by the close of each working week.
TheState Laboratory abides by the relevant legislation and Government policies regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. The average time taken to pay invoices is 5 days, which is well within the Government policy objective of payment within 15 days and the usual period of credit allowed by suppliers.
TheOffice of the Comptroller and Auditor General abides by the relevant legislation regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. Supplies that are in order and that have been invoiced in accordance with agreed arrangements are paid as quickly as possible. At present in the Office, invoices with a value of €18,332.82 are being processed for payment by 8 December 2010.
In respect of theOffice of the Commission for Public Service Appointments , with the exception of current invoices, all of which will be paid in accordance with prompt payment policy, this is a nil reply from this office.
TheOffice of the Ombudsman meets with the Government policy objective of making payment to suppliers within 15 days in that regard no monies are owed to private firms.
ThePublic Appointments Service abides by the relevant legislation and Government policies regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. Supplies that are in order and that have been invoiced in accordance with agreed arrangements are generally paid within the Government policy objective of payment within 15 days and the usual period of credit allowed by suppliers. In that sense, therefore, no amount of money is owed to private firms as of 3rd December.
TheValuation Office abides by the relevant legislation and Government policies regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. Supplies that are in order and that have been invoiced in accordance with agreed arrangements are paid comfortably within the Government policy objective of payment within 15 days and the usual period of credit allowed by suppliers. In that sense, therefore, no amount of money is owed to private firms.
I am informed by theOffice of the Revenue Commissioners and the Office of the Appeals Commissioners that they abide by the relevant legislation and Government policies regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. Supplies that are in order and that have been invoiced in accordance with agreed arrangements are paid promptly and over 99% of all invoices are paid within 15 days of receipt. The very small number of invoices falling outside this figure relates to cases where further information was required before payment could be made. In that sense, therefore, no money is owed to private firms.
TheOffice of Public Works abides by the relevant legislation and Government policies regarding prompt payment for goods and services supplied by private sector organisations. Supplies that are in order and that have been invoiced in accordance with agreed arrangements are paid promptly.
The table shows that in the quarter Jul-Sept 2010 66% of payments were made within the Government policy objective of payment within 15 days and 33% were paid within 16-30 days the usual period of credit allowed by suppliers. These statistics are also indicative for the current period.
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Details |
Number |
Value |
Percentage (%) of total payments made |
|
€ |
|||
|
Total payments made in Quarter |
21,971 |
105,792,368.27 |
(100%) |
|
Number of payments made within 15 days |
14,432 |
98,438,071.34 |
(65.68%) |
|
Number of payments made within 16 days to 30 days |
7,219 |
6,928,836.94 |
(32.86%) |
|
Number of payments made in excess of 30 days |
320 |
425,459.99 |
(1.45%) |
|
Disputed Invoices Included above |
167 |
