Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of Government-run canteens operating in Government buildings in her Department and agencies; the number of commercially-run cafes or restaurants that are operating in Government buildings in her Department and agencies; if there is a policy in her Department to source food locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26465/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are no Government-run or commercially run cafés or restaurants in my Department. Canteen space is provided in both the Killarney office of my Department and in the National Archives (which forms part of my Department), but no canteen facilities are provided privately or publicly save any financed by the staff themselves. Accordingly, the issue of a policy to source food locally does not arise. The availability or otherwise of canteen facilities in the agencies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the agencies themselves.