Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 December 2021
38. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59711/21]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy in relation to expenditure by my Department on heating and electricity costs, including lighting, during the specified period is set out in the table below.
The Deputy will wish to note that figures for the period 2017-2019 also include costs incurred in respect of Heritage functions. Responsibility for Heritage transferred to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as part of the reconfiguration of Departments in 2020.
|
Year |
Electricity € |
Heating € |
|
2017 |
163,044 |
81,032 |
|
2018 |
151,306 |
70,586 |
|
2019 |
153,234 |
74,719 |
|
2020 |
58,687 |
30,562 |
|
2021 (to date) |
70,223 |
36,525 |
|
Total |
596,494 |
293,424 |
