Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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365. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if she will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60944/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 254 of 2 December 2021 which sets out the position in relation to the Department's energy costs.

My Department's ICT managed service, including the management of servers etc, is provided by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform through the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). A budget transfer takes place between my Department's Vote and that of the OGCIO to cover the cost of this service. These costs, however, do not specifically encompass the electricity costs associated with the service and therefore my Department has no information on running costs in this regard.