Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 640: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total spend by his 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. [14907/10]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 641: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he 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. [14922/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 640 and 641 together.

The table below sets out, in tabular form, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to my own Department, and as advised to me in regard to bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. It should be noted that, due to ongoing industrial action, information could not be supplied in relation to the Western Development Commission. With regard to Údarás na Gaeltachta, I am advised that, in the time available, only data relating to 2010 and 2009 could be extracted.

With regard to the proportion of paper which is 100% recycled paper, I am advised that all of the paper used by the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests and the Ulster-Scots Agency is 100% recycled. In the case of my own Department and the other bodies listed, the position is that while paper used is not 100% recycled, a policy of sending waste paper for recycling is generally followed.

* No expenditure reported for 2006-08.