Written answers
Wednesday, 2 March 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
Grant Payments
9:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total value and number of uncashed cheques issued by her Department in each of the past five years; the elements which are EU and State funds in each respective year; the purposes for which these funds are utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7274/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The details of cheques that were uncashed, that is, out of date and not re-issued, as at 31 December 2004 for the calendar years 2002, 2003 and 2004 are set out in the following table:
| Year Issued | No. Uncashed Cheques | Value of cheques 100% funded by the EU | Value of cheques nationally funded or EU co-financed | Total Value |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | ||
| 2002 | 6,728 | 495,220 | 390,078 | 885,298 |
| 2003 | 3,321 | 654,443 | 198,899 | 853,342 |
| 2004 | 4,809 | 1,272,506 | 461,523 | 1,734,029 |
| Total | 14,858 | 2,422,169 | 1,050,500 | 3,472,669 |
As this information is drawn from the Department's new accounts system, which was installed in July 2001, the same data are not available for 2000 and 2001. The funds remain on account until such time as a cheque is re-issued on request.
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