Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
460. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the category of office premises expenses if he will list the individual offices operated by his Department in the State alongside the expenses that they will incur in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/14]
View answerExpenditure on items such as utilities (gas and electricity), waste disposal and office furniture are catered for under office premises expenses as part of the estimates process. It is not been the practice to formulate the estimate on a building by building basis. This is because of the challenges involved in estimating items such as energy costs in which unpredictable weather conditions can play such a large part. Accordingly it is not possible to estimate how much will be spent on the remainder of the year on an individual building basis. However I can give assurances that overall expenditure will be kept within budget with savings made wherever possible.
