Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form if possible, a list of the bank accounts used by his Department and separately any agencies within the remit of his Department; the purpose of each bank account and the financial institution the bank account is with; the total amount of any interest charged or bank fees incurred by his Department and separately by each agency in 2011 and anticipated figure for 2012; the percentage of payments issued by his Department and each agency which are issued electronically and if the Department agency has any special arrangement in place on the issue of bank charges and fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44854/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The following table shows the details of the bank account used by my Department:

With regard to the offices and agencies under the remit of my Department the following is the position:

State Laboratory

The State Laboratory has one bank account in Ulster Bank and we also use the services of a Financial Services Company,FEXCO, to process our foreign payments. I have included the charges for these foreign payments in the reply below.

Public Appointments Service

Office of the Ombudsman

The Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Information Commissioner, the Standards in Public Offices Commission, the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and the Commission for Public Service Appointments are dealt with jointly. The Ulster Bank account relates to charges incurred by the Commission for Public Service Appointments.

Valuation Office