Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2021
278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if he will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60939/21]
View answerThe Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was formed on the 2 August 2020. Since that time my Department has occupied offices under a shared services agreement with the Department of Education.
The table below displays the total the Department has expended on electricity, gas and oil/lpg in the calendar year 2020 and to date in 2021. Please note that it is not possible to extrapolate the amount the Department expends on lighting or heating individually or with regards to ICT hardware,
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2020 |
€59,139.91 |
|
2021 (to date – 30/11/2021) |
€52,618.77 |
