Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid in late payment interest payments for goods and services provided to her Department in each of the years from 2016 to date in 2023; and separately, the top five highest late interest payments made in each of those years, and the service and goods supplier that received the payments, in tabular form. [52651/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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All staff are made aware of prompt payment interest and the need to process payments in a timely manner. In addition, the amount of interest and penalties paid are monitored on an ongoing basis by my Department's Financial Management Unit and where necessary, reminders are issued on the requirement to process payments in a timely manner.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular format below.

*1/1/2023 to 31/10/2023