Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in late payment interest payments for goods and services provided to his 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. [52657/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The department is obliged under prompt payment legislation, pursuant to Government Decision S29296 of 19 May 2009 and 28 March 2017 to pay suppliers within 15 days of receipt of a valid invoice and to publish quarterly composite returns covering both the department and bodies under its aegis. These reports are also submitted to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment which collates the returns of all central government departments. This department’s quarterly composite returns can be found here: gov.ie – Prompt Payment Returns www.gov.ie/en/collection/4273a5-prompt-payments/.

The information requested by the Deputy is listed in the following table