Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is easy to make points like that but before I arrived in the Department a green team of officials had been set up to support a green officer. We may look flippantly at issues such as turning off lights but it is recognised in research that enormous savings can be made. I take Deputy Quinn's point about quantifying it but I do not know the baseline from a few years ago. The Power of One campaign was launched by another Department. If everyone took incremental steps in terms of energy efficiency, much would be achieved.

IDA Ireland is very conscious of the need to achieve the highest level of energy efficiency in its operations. It introduced a number of energy conservation measures last year following receipt of an environmental audit by the head lessee of the building. Waste recycling is standard practice in all Enterprise Ireland offices. The agency is taking a range of actions through a building management system that optimises heating and lighting control. The maintenance of this equipment costs €6,000 per annum. Water saving measures are taken in all rest rooms. It is moving to one building in Dublin from four buildings.

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