Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: 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. [30169/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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It has been the practice for many years in the public sector to utilise energy saving lighting. It is not possible to give a precise number or percentage of energy saving light fittings for any particular Department. Fluorescent lighting is used for internal lighting in all Government Department 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.