Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department [42273/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring in this case to unpaid invoices in relation to supplies of goods and services. While it is very difficult to derive a specific figure at a particular point in time due to the number and range of subheads in Vote 19 (Office of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform) I can assure the Deputy that every effort is made to pay invoices within a reasonable timescale once the necessary verification checks have been carried out. Over 8,400 payments to suppliers totalling €32.5 million were made by my Department in the quarter ended 30th September 2010. In all 85% (€28.2 million in monetary terms) of these payments were made within 15 calendar days and a total of 98% of all payments within 30 calendar days.