Finance and Corporate Division

The Finance and Corporate Division are responsible for Budget Estimates and EU funding Compliance. They also cover areas such as department finances, budget, legislation, planning secretariat, corporate services, decisions advisory office, FOI, PRSI, Scope, Redundancy and Insolvency.

Finance Branch

This function is to:

fund and reconcile all payments
record receipts and bring all payment and receipts to account
make corporate and administration payments and some scheme arrears payments
prepare the statutory and management accounts for the department including those used to report monthly to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the EU/IMF

The Branch is responsible for ensuring continuity in payment delivery services.

Payment Strategy

The division oversee and drive the implementation of the department's Payment Strategy which will modernise the payments to the department.

This will:

be more cost effective and efficient
be consistent with the National Payments Plan
include the provision of robust contingency arrangements and anti-fraud measures