Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of light bulbs in his Department which are energy saving light bulbs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29734/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

It has been the practice for many years in the public sector, and most notably in the Office of Public Works, to utilise energy saving lighting. It is not possible to give a precise number or percentage for the OPW managed buildings, including the Department of Finance, on the use of energy saving lighting. Fluorescent lighting is used for internal lighting throughout all OPW buildings, except in the most unusual circumstances. Such circumstances are due to technical or aesthetic reasons where there is no low energy lighting appropriate to the application. Practically all external lighting is low energy.

Even in the small number of circumstances where efficient lighting is not in use, and the change-over to such lighting is prohibitively expensive, it is expected that, with new lamps coming to the market, mostly based on LED technologies, there is likely to be an economic replacement for relatively inefficient lighting over the next few years.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of light bulbs in the Office of Public Works managed buildings which are energy saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29741/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

It has been the practice for many years in the public sector, and most notably in the Office of Public Works, to utilise energy saving lighting. It is not possible to give a precise number or percentage for the OPW managed buildings on the use of energy saving lighting. Fluorescent lighting is used for internal lighting throughout all OPW buildings, except in the most unusual circumstances. Such circumstances are due to technical or aesthetic reasons where there is no low energy lighting appropriate to the application. Practically all external lighting is low energy.

Even in the small number of circumstances where efficient lighting is not in use, and the change-over to such lighting is prohibitively expensive, it is expected that, with new lamps coming to the market, mostly based on LED technologies, there is likely to be an economic replacement for relatively inefficient lighting over the next few years.