Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2007
367 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25136/07]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department to date in 2007 is estimated as follows:
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€ |
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Total Paper Cost |
32,000 |
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Total Stationery Cost |
72,000 |
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Recycled Paper cost |
2,000 |
It is my Department's policy to promote the increased usage of recycled paper as much as possible. However, due to the high cost of recycled products and due to lack of availability of certain products, this has not always been possible. I would like to inform the Deputy, however, that my Department has a system in place in all of its locations to ensure that all used waste paper is issued for recycling.
