Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In replying to this question, I have limited the response to services received from, or provided to, other Government Departments for 2014.

Following the split of the Department in July 2011, and the establishment of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), my Department entered into an administrative arrangement whereby the Department of Finance continued to organise all accommodation arrangements for the two departments and DPER took responsibility for the provision of IT services for the two departments. External costs are shared on a pro-rata basis and will vary from year-to-year.  There is no administrative charges for the services we provide or receive.

Services the Department of Finance Provides	-
Public Expenditure & Reform	Facilities Management including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning
	Pay & Pensions
	File Management
	Printing

Services Other Departments provide to the Department of Finance	-
Office of Public Works	Property management and Property Maintenance
Office of the Government Chief Information Office	ICT Services

My Department also provides accounting and financial management services to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (including the Office of Government Procurement and the Shared Services Vote), the President's Establishment and the Office of the Ombudsman. Under the guise of the Office of the Paymaster General, the Department provides a banking/funds transfer service to all other Departments and Offices, except the Office of Public Works, and a pension payment service to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and to the Department of Education (for VEC retirees), Solas, the Law Reform Commission and the National Education and Welfare Board. Since September 2014, the salary and travel expense payment service, which the Department previously provided for its own staff and to various Departments/Offices and other public sector entities, has been transferred to the Shared Services Vote, which is under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Finally, my Department administers the EU Council Travel Reimbursement Scheme.  This scheme operates in all Member States and reimburses for travel costs incurred in respect of attendance at designated EU Council meetings.