Departmental Expenditure

Thursday, 2 December 2021

Questions (60)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [59706/21]

View answer

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

Expenditure on electricity and heating costs for my Department are outlined in the following table:

Year	Electricity costs	Heating
2017	€246,719	€84,599
2018	€257,974	€89,523
2019	€254,185	€102,672
2020	€749,576	€212,843
2021 to date	€718,112	€221,906

It was not possible to differentiate between lighting and electricity costs; hence the total figures for electricity costs are included. It should be noted that the Heritage function transferred into my Department in September 2020. This transfer of functions added over 40 locations to my Department’s portfolio and the figures for 2020 include the full year’s electricity and heating costs for all Departmental locations, including those related to Heritage and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.