Gay Mitchell (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 667: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of energy used running his 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 his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change. [9819/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department was established in mid-2002 and brought together a range of functions previously the responsibility of a number of other Departments. At that time, the Department's staff were based largely in Dublin but in a number of locations and it was not until 2004 that all of the Dublin staff were brought together in the current headquarters building in Mespil Road. In the circumstances, it is very difficult to produce data which could be of benefit to the comparative analysis that the Deputy is engaged in.

I share the Deputy's concerns about the need to reduce energy usage for climate change reasons but also for reasons of cost and my Department will be taking steps to build on initiatives already taken in this respect.