Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of interest paid by her in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by her Department for the past five years to date in 2009; the steps being taken to ensure that money is appropriately spent and that payments are made on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25867/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of prompt payment interest paid by the Department in respect of payments for goods or services contracted by the Department from 2004 to June 2009 is set out in the following table.

The Department issues Office Notices to all staff detailing the procedures to be followed in processing invoices for goods and services and emphasising the importance of adherence with the Department of Finance's Public Financial Procedures. In accordance with a recent Government decision, all sections of the Department have been instructed to review their business processes so that an administrative target of payment of commercial invoices within 15 days of receipt in the Department can be achieved.