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Prompt Payments in the Department of Public Expenditure,Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
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From: Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- Published on: 10 December 2018
- Last updated on: 14 August 2025
- Introduction
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2024
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2023
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2022
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2021
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2020
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2019
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2018
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2017
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2016
- Prompt Payment Quarterly Returns 2015
Introduction
The department adheres to the terms of the Prompt Payment Code of Conduct, which were set out in a government decision on 19 May 2009.
The objectives are to:
- encourage and promote best practice between businesses and their supplier
- improve cash flow between businesses
- drive a change in payment culture
- pay suppliers on time within the terms agreed at the outset of the contract, or in accordance with legislation
- give clear guidance to suppliers by providing them with clear and easily accessible guidance on payment procedures
The department publishes its prompt payments returns on a quarterly basis.