Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 625: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total spend by her Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form. [14918/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the Department and the National Archives of Ireland, which is under the aegis of the Department, is as follows:

The amounts for the Department for 2006 and 2007 includes expenditure on additional stocks of printer consumables resulting from the transfer of functionality within the Department arising from decentralisation. These temporary additional stocks have been utilised in subsequent years thus resulting in reduced purchases of consumables from 2008 to date.

The information sought in relation to the agencies under the Department is not available in the Department and is the responsibility of the Agencies themselves.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 626: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she will detail in tabular form, the number of reams of A4 sized paper and A3 sized paper purchased in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 by his Department and each agency under its aegis; and the proportion of which is 100% recycled paper. [14933/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The number of reams of A4 and A3 sized paper purchased by the Department, including the National Archives of Ireland which is part of the Department, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and to date in 2010 is set out below in tabular form. The figures shown are as accurate as it was possible to be in the time available.

A large percentage of the paper purchased is manufactured from recyclable sources. All the paper purchased is 100% recyclable.

The issue of the purchasing of paper by the Department's agencies is a day-to-day matter for the agencies themselves.