Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2017
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Expenditure
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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475. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37225/17]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department comprises two separate votes, Vote 28 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 International Co-operation.
The Department and our global mission network engage a range services with banks domestically and internationally.
The following table shows the cost incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade banking charges and card fees 2012 to 2016.
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|
€193,971 | €180,827 | €189,202 | €169,350 | €238,290 |
Domestically the main financial institutions that the Department has bank accounts with are AIB, Bank of Ireland and Citibank.
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