Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 337: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried out on his Department's energy use; the details of same. [39422/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In 2005 my Department used 971,000 Kilowatts of electricity at a cost of €158,000.

The electricity suppliers were ESB and Energia. In the same period a total of 443,828KW of gas was supplied by Bord Gáis Éireann costing €18,977.81. The Department's office in Kildare Street shares heating costs with Leinster House and the apportioned costs for my Department in 2005 came to €30,862.

While my Department has not conducted a formal energy audit, my Department participated in a Department of Finance Electricity Tender in 2005 and a new electricity contract was signed with Energia in June 2005.

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 338: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [39452/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In 2005 my Department purchased 444 × 19 litre bottles of water at a cost of €8,238.34. The suppliers of the bottled water were Tipperary Natural Mineral Water, Aquaid and Glen Patrick Natural Mineral Water. In the same period, water charges from Dublin City Council were €9,069.27 representing 6,819 cubic metres of tap water.