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Financial Procedures

Payment Procedure

Internal procedures have been put in place in order to comply with the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act, 1997 as amended by the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) (S.I. No. 580 of 2012)Prompt Payments Reports are posted on the CSO website.

Engaging Consultants

The CSO operates under an administrative budget agreement and adheres to the provisions of that agreement in relation to delegated sanction to engaging consultants.  All consultancy projects are put out to an appropriate competitive procedure and comply with European procurement law.

Financial statements

Annual individual Appropriation Accounts for the Central Statistics Office

Purchase Orders

Details of Purchase Orders valued over €20,000 made by the CSO are available here.