Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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It depends on whether the Deputy is talking about income or expenditure. If he is talking about expenditure, the timelag can be between three and five days, but normally we know within one week what has happened in the previous month. If the data are for income, the timelag can be considerably longer; it could be months. This refers particularly to the challenge in collecting income from the insurance sector.