Departmental Expenditure

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Questions (1534)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

1534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [40031/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice

It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy to provide this information as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 1534 to my Department, which was for answer on 26 July 2022, and in which you requested the amount spent by my Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022.

As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available and I undertook to contact you again. Please find a response to this question provided below for your consideration.

The amount spent by my Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022 is set out in the table below.

	Furniture	Office Space*	IT Equipment	TOTAL
2012	26,442.37	691,080.00	114,435	831,957.37
2013	9,663.37	691,080.00	287,760	988,503.37
2014	3,092.29	691,080.00	514,158	1,208,330.29
2015	27,490.47	779,080.00	950,483	1,757,053.47
2016	106,696.08	723,080.00	625,668	1,455,444.08
2017	92,969.49	698,200.00	861,437	1,652,606.49
2018	44,617.50	871,065.00	585,303	1,500,985.50
2019	93,409.27	1,244,097.00	699,271	2,036,777.27
2020	50,031.94	1,417,247.00	675,022	2,142,300.94
2021	183,854.02	1,463,254.00	934,702	2,581,810.02
2022 to date	71,697.48	662,530.94	712,570	1,446,798.42

*The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Information in respect of buildings/office accommodation leased directly for office space for areas of my Department which are paid for from the Justice vote are included in the table.