Jimmy Deenihan
Question:50 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a regulation requiring that all Dáil stationery and other paper used by the Oireachtas and Government Departments is at least 40 per cent recycled.
Written Answers. - Use of Recycled Paper.
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 decision to use recycled paper is a matter for Departments and Offices themselves with the Government Supplies Agency responding to the requests it receives. I am not therefore in a position to introduce the regulation referred to by the Deputy in his question.
The Government Supplies Agency holds stocks of different sorts of recycled paper and I can confirm that they would be in a position to respond to any requests for recycled paper that they may receive.