Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
1421. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at State-owned storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1119/17]
View answerThe cost of renting storage facilities for the storage and archiving of department files and records is generally a matter for the Office of Public Works. However, as a result of a local office reorganisation programme in my Department, which resulted in the the closure of a number of offices, there was a requirement for additional offsite storage.
The amounts outlined below are the costs incurred by my Department for record management from 2014-2016. A significant proportion of the storage costs relate to the retention of files and records associated with the closure of a number of local offices and the consequential redeployment of staff. Some of this work extended into 2016.
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Year |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
€0.410m |
€0.431m |
€0.516 m |
