Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018

9:00 am

Mr. Peter Finnegan:

On the energy, let me just go to this before I answer the Chairman's question. Basically for 2018 our facilities unit reported a 27.8% saving on energy efficiency.

This is the energy indicator used for reporting to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and will comprise the data included in that authority's annual report. A key focus of the energy-management activities of the Oireachtas has been the participation in optimising power at work. There is an energy-awareness campaign in place in 300 buildings owned or leased by the OPW. It aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by reducing energy consumption in the public sector.