Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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325. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of purchase orders excluded because they related to transactions other than for goods or services, for example, grants-in-aid or reimbursements, in line with reporting conventions. [37231/25]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is provided below in tabular format.
The Department of Finance did not exclude any purchase order (PO) over €20,000 from the 2023 quarterly reports apart from those related to payments to other Departments and public bodies.
It should be noted by the Deputy that the Department makes a significant number of payments annually without the raising of a purchase order in relation to the Fuel Grant for disabled drivers. A significant number of payments are also made annually for non-PO invoices.
A non-PO invoice is an invoice that is not tied to a pre-approved purchase order. This route is typically used for payments where the actual costs would not be known upfront (eg travel, utilities etc) and is used as an exception rather than the rule.
2023 | No | Value |
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Purchase Orders less than €20k | 1,000 | €1,778,318.26 |
Non PO Payments valued less than €20k | 1,849 | €683,760.67 |
Fuel Grant Payments | 16,408 | €10,666,688.71 |
Public Bodies | 252 | €4,034,479.37 |
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