Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods and services employed for each of the years 2004 to 2007 and to date in 2008 in tabular readable form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17370/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of payments made by my Department is set out in the following table.

The table indicates the number of days which elapsed between receipt of invoices in the Department and the issue of payment. Payments made by state agencies which come under the remit of my Department are subject to the prompt payment legislation but are an operational matter for the agencies themselves.