Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [17375/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is subject to the provisions of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act, 1997. Under the terms of the Act my Department is obliged to make payments to our suppliers within 30 days of receipt of invoice unless otherwise specified in a contract or agreement. The information in relation to the average time for payment requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. Details of payments made by agencies are a matter for the individual agencies concerned.