James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments commenced; the amount paid to each recipient in the current year; to place in the Oireachtas Library the latest two sets of accounts for these payments furnished by such persons or bodies to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39682/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that the information requested can not be readily disaggregated in the manner sought without applying a disproportionate use of resources. There are in the region of sixty subheads in my Department's Vote, covering the head office area and other areas of my Department together with a range of other bodies and services. The method of payments to these bodies varies, from direct payment of the expenditure arising from the Department's centralised accounting system for the most part, to payments of Grant-in-Aid in other cases. The allocation and associated expenditure for the offices and bodies in question is published annually in my Department's Appropriation Account. In addition, any such body required by statute, publishes and presents it's accounts to the Oireachtas, as appropriate.