Gay Mitchell (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and her plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change. [9826/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for the fitting out and provision of services to Government Departments. At Present the OPW has a plan for energy conservation in a number of buildings in the Government Department portfolio. This will involve a concerted energy awareness programme in these buildings in co-operation with local management. The programme is already being piloted in a few Departments and is due to be rolled out in all Departments by September 2007.

My Department is fully committed to the effective management of our consumption of energy resources. It is now policy to use a number of energy saving devices such as energy efficient lights, powersave function on electrical office equipment and photocopiers with duplex facilities. Following a tendering process by the OPW a contract is now in place with Energia for the supply of electricity from renewable resources to my Department.