Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of electricity used in the offices of his Department in Store Street 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. [4362/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The offices of my Department at Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin used a total of 4,103,533 kilowatt hours of electricity in the years 2005 to 2007. From 1st January 2005 to 31st May 2005 electricity for this office was provided by the Electricity Supply Board and from 1st June 2005 to date the supply was provided by Energia. Over the course of the three years in question electricity usage has reduced by some 15%. Part of this reduction is attributable to the successful participation of this office in a pilot Energy Awareness Initiative run by the Office of Public Works in 2007. The breakdown for these figures on a monthly basis is set out in the following table.