Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Departmental Expenditure
10:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25147/07]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has spent €1,781,755 on paper and stationery to end-September 2007, the latest date for which figures are available. This figure includes some €145,066 which can be attributed to the purchase of paper for use in photocopies and printers, all of which is recycled paper. The Department uses almost 18,000,000 envelopes annually all of which are produced from recycled materials. The cost, to end-September for envelopes was €154,885. The amount spent on printing information booklets and application forms up to the end of September 2007 was almost €560,000. Approximately 30% of the paper used in these publications is recycled.
My Department also makes payments for publications such as reports and manuals for which records are not maintained in such a way as to enable reporting on the recycled content. Paper which is subject to post supplier processes or has a security application, such as cheques, is not sourced from recycled material. My Department is committed to using recycled materials where quality, suitability and cost considerations allow.
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