I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 72 and 113 together.
The Government Supplies Agency holds stocks of different sorts of recycled paper based mainly on the annual requirements of the Department of the Environment. Small quantities of recycled paper from these stocks have been supplied on request to the Houses of the Oireachtas and for use in the Office of Public Works. Other Departments have been given samples of recycled paper for testing purposes.
The transfer of funding for stationery and printing from the Government Supplies Agency to individual Departments and offices from 1 January 1990 means in effect that the use of recycled paper is a matter for Departments and offices themselves with the agency responding to the requests it receives.