Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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383. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all her Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that the recycling of workplace waste is facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49558/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department is undertaking a number of measures in terms of recycling in our offices. These efforts are led by our internal Green, Energy and Organisational (GEO) Committee, which oversees a number of initiatives to promote recycling and ensure energy conservation and environmental sustainability as part of our work.

In terms of our offices in Trinity Point, Dublin 2 and Government Buildings in Ballina, our waste collection procedures require waste streams to be segregated and placed in designated bins, such as general waste, paper, plastic, aluminium/steel/tin, compost, glass, toners, batteries etc.

In terms of ICT hardware, my Department seeks to fully utilise all our computer hardware until it has reached end of life, subject to value for money assessments, with a view to reducing our consumption of resources in this area. However, my Department also has recycling arrangements in place for ICT hardware once end of life is realised.