Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 December 2021
137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59697/21]
View answerAs requested by the deputy, the expenditure incurred by my Department in the last 5 years and to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs is shown below in tabular form.
|
Utility / Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
To date in 2021 |
|
Total spend for all years 2016 - 2021 |
|
Electricity |
€94,390.13 |
€86,492.25 |
€67,431.99 |
€105,574.56 |
€150,325.03 |
€105,582.45 |
|
€609,796.41 |
|
Gas |
€19,403.69 |
€7,800.95 |
€11,237.61 |
€23,419.34 |
€23,434.14 |
€15,998.98 |
|
€101,294.71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total per year |
€113,793.82 |
€94,293.20 |
€78,669.60 |
€128,993.90 |
€173,759.17 |
€121,581.43 |
|
€711,091.12 |
Figures provided above exclude any costs incurred directly by my Department's agencies and the figures relate to the expanded remit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the transfer of functions in 2020.
It should be noted that the Department moved building in 2018 to Miesian Plaza and subsequent to this acquired additional office space in Montague Court as part of a transfer of functions process in 2020. I would also note that the figures above reflect the amounts paid which can be impacted by the timing of the payments with, for example, the figures for 2019 also including all Electricity and Gas costs related to Miesian Plaza for the period May to December 2018. These costs are managed by Department of Health as lead tenant in the building.
