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Dáil Éireann - Volume 672 - 28 January, 2009

Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.

Deputy Denis Naughten Deputy Denis Naughten

Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of printing reports by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; the corresponding figure for annual reports; the cost of posting these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2541/09]

Deputy Brian Lenihan Deputy Brian Lenihan

930

Deputy Brian Lenihan: In general my Department prints its reports in-house and in most cases these reports are also published on the Department’s website. In [930] some cases however, it may be decided to outsource the printing due to the volume of printing required to produce the report. In 2008 the European Regional Development Fund Financial Control Unit annual report was printed externally at a cost of €8,450 and the postage costs associated with the distribution of this report amounted to €945.70.

From time to time copies of reports printed-in-house are distributed through the postal system. No separate record is kept of the postal charges in these instances. In regards to the bodies under the remit of my Department, the table gives the details requested by the Deputy in relation to reports printed in 2008.

Body	Annual cost of Printing Reports	Cost of printing annual reports	Postage costs
	€	€	€
Special EU Programmes Body	*35,976	*9,115	Not Available
Commission for Public Service Appointments	8,591	8,591	Not Available
Valuation Office	Reports produced-in-house	Nil	Not Available
Public Appointments Service	12,283	7,460	Not Available
State Laboratory	Nil	Nil	Not Available
Office of the Ombudsman	37,000	22,000	7,500
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners	46,448	46,448	800
National Treasury Management Agency	76,526	65,554	**See footnote
* The Special EU Programmes Body has advised that this is the total cost (Northern Ireland and Ireland). The Department of Finance only pay, at a maximum, 50% of this figure. The majority of these costs come from the technical assistance programmes rather than core administration costs. These reports are normally not posted out. However, if a request for a report is received and it is necessary to post it, there is an average cost of £1.44 (UK)/£4.32 (RoI) per report.
** Costs supplied by National Treasury Management Agency include costs associated with the production of all aspects of the reports including design, printing, translation and postage costs.

I have been informed by the Office of Public Works that they are currently collating the information required by the Deputy and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Dáil Éireann 672 Written Answers. Departmental Expenditure.

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