Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average time, as of the end of April 2009, for payments to be made by his Department and each individual agency of his Department to outside businesses in respect of goods and services received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20863/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Suppliers of good and services to my Department have been paid on average within 16 days of receipt of invoices in the current year in the period from 1 January to 30 April, 2009.

Payment for goods and services by State Agencies which come under the remit of my Department are an operational matter for the agencies themselves.