Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [37273/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Rural and Community Development was established following the enactment of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2017 on 19 July 2017.

Functions transferred to my Department include the Rural Division from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Community Division from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and the Charities Regulatory Authority from the Department of Justice and Equality.

Details of financial transaction costs for these divisions for the past five years, prior to 19 July 2017, will be available within data held by these Departments.

The financial management arrangements for my Department (including transitional provisions) are being progressed in co-operation with the finance divisions of the transferring departments.