Written answers
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Departmental Offices
5:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of electricity used in the offices of his Department at St. Stephen's Green for the past three years; if he will provide a monthly breakdown for this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that, based on an analysis of the Department's energy bills, the amount of general units of electricity used for the past year in the Department's office at St Stephen's Green is estimated at 112,681.
The quarterly breakdown for the year 2007 is estimated as follows:
January to March — 41,689*
April to June — 23,003
July to September — 20,723
October to December — 27,266
Equivalent figures for the years 2005 and 2006 are not readily available, and would not provide for meaningful comparison in any event as the number of staff and proportion of the building occupied by the Department varied during this time.
*The increased usage for the first quarter is attributable to additional energy requirements arising from building works taking place during that time.
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