Finance

Payment of Accounts (Expenditure)

Contact details:
Direct Dial : (01) 205 4776
Fax: (01) 205 4789
E-Mail: accountspayable@dlrcoco.ie

All invoices are centrally processed and payments made by the Accounts Payable Section. These include payments for goods and services provided to the Council for various Capital and Revenue purposes.

In all cases where the cumulative annual value of purchases/orders from an individual firm is likely to exceed €9,999, a Tax Clearance Certificate is sought unless the supplier is the holder of a Sub-Contractor’s C2 Certificate. Withholding Tax at the prescribed rate of 20% is also deductible at source from payment of “professional services” made to individuals and companies by the Council.

Suppliers must not supply any goods/services to the Council without first receiving a valid Purchase Order, whose number must be quoted on invoices. The first three digits of all official Order numbers begin with 400 e.g. Order no. 400999999. If an Order Number is received by telephone, as soon as possible thereafter, a printed Purchase Order should be sought. Every invoice must:

Match the details on the corresponding purchase Order with regard to price, product and quantity.
Be addressed to: Accounts Payable Section, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

The Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 requires the Council to pay interest on payments which are not paid within the prescribed period (normally 30 days). As order/invoice matching is a fundamental requirement of the Council’s purchasing system, any invoices submitted which do not meet the above requirements will be returned without payment and for the purposes of the Prompt Payments of Accounts Act 1997 will be regarded as being in dispute.

The Council’s Treasurer is Bank of Ireland, 101 Upper George’s Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.