Written answers
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of printing reports by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; the corresponding figure for annual reports; the cost of posting these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2541/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In general my Department prints its reports in-house and in most cases these reports are also published on the Department's website. In some cases however, it may be decided to outsource the printing due to the volume of printing required to produce the report. In 2008 the European Regional Development Fund Financial Control Unit annual report was printed externally at a cost of €8,450 and the postage costs associated with the distribution of this report amounted to €945.70.
From time to time copies of reports printed-in-house are distributed through the postal system. No separate record is kept of the postal charges in these instances. In regards to the bodies under the remit of my Department, the table gives the details requested by the Deputy in relation to reports printed in 2008.
| Body | Annual cost of Printing Reports | Cost of printing annual reports | Postage costs |
| € | € | € | |
| Special EU Programmes Body | *35,976 | *9,115 | Not Available |
| Commission for Public Service Appointments | 8,591 | 8,591 | Not Available |
| Valuation Office | Reports produced-in-house | Nil | Not Available |
| Public Appointments Service | 12,283 | 7,460 | Not Available |
| State Laboratory | Nil | Nil | Not Available |
| Office of the Ombudsman | 37,000 | 22,000 | 7,500 |
| The Office of the Revenue Commissioners | 46,448 | 46,448 | 800 |
| National Treasury Management Agency | 76,526 | 65,554 | **See footnote |
| *The Special EU Programmes Body has advised that this is the total cost (Northern Ireland and Ireland). The Department of Finance only pay, at a maximum, 50% of this figure. The majority of these costs come from the technical assistance programmes rather than core administration costs. These reports are normally not posted out. However, if a request for a report is received and it is necessary to post it, there is an average cost of £1.44 (UK)/£4.32 (RoI) per report. | |||
| **Costs supplied by National Treasury Management Agency include costs associated with the production of all aspects of the reports including design, printing, translation and postage costs. |
I have been informed by the Office of Public Works that they are currently collating the information required by the Deputy and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
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