Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity, cost and suppliers of water, both tap and bottled, acquired by his Department for its own use in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39454/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The total cost of water acquired by my Department in 2005 amounted to €23,728.87. This amount includes payments to Dublin City Council, All Water Systems and Tipperary Natural Mineral Water. The cost of the water supplied consists of bottled and tap water, servicing of mains fed drinking fonts and the supply of disposable drinking cups. The quantity of bottled water used was 3,838 litres. As much of the mains water is supplied to buildings which my Department shares with other Departments, it is not possible to identify the quantity used by my Department.