Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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. [39428/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Supply contracts for my Department's energy requirements are negotiated by the Office of Public Works through the Government Supplies Agency. Electricity supplies are provided by the Electricity Supply Board and Energia Ltd. Natural gas is supplied by Bord Gáis and liquefied petroleum gas by Calor Gas Ltd., while heating oil is supplied by Texaco (Irl) Ltd.

For the 2005 year the costs of these supplies were as follows:

Responsibility for a technical audit of the Department's energy usage would be a matter for the Office of Public Works.

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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. [39458/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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In 2005 my Department spent a total of €45,924.19 on bottled and filtered tap water. Figures in relation to the quantity of water this represents are not available. The following is a breakdown of suppliers and amounts paid to each supplier.

My Department also pays water rates to Local Authorities and the total cost for 2005 amounted to €84,020.