Written answers

Friday, 16 September 2016

Department of Finance

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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230. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit cards issued to staff working in any third party agency funded by his Department, in tabular form; the number of cards per funded agency; the amount spent by credit card in 2014 and 2015 by each agency; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on credit card bills that are subsequently used to recoup work-related expense; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/16]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal is the only third-party agency funded by this Department. The Deputy should note that the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (DDMBA) issues no credit cards to staff or board members. The need to monitor and control expenses incurred should always be a priority when dealing with public monies. In relation to controls in place to monitor credit card bills that are subsequently used to recoup work-related expenses, I am advised that when board members travel to sit on the board they may incur expenses, which can be paid for on their personal credit cards. They are then reimbursed upon provision of a receipt, as vouched expenses. The finance section of the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) reimburses these expenses. Payments to board members are recorded on the NRH financial system under a file for each doctor, and these records are maintained for 6 years. There is no current review, or planned review, of the DDMBA in relation to the means by which expenses are claimed by the Board.

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