Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
1496. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third-party companies and at State-owned storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraOff-site storage facilities used by my Department are provided by the OPW who manage the bulk of the associated costs. The costs advised to my Department by the OPW are detailed in the table below.
|
Year |
Costs |
|
2014 |
€39,151.30 |
|
2015 |
€41,796.77 |
|
2016 (Jan to Nov) |
€40,199.18 |
Lodgement and retrieval costs associated with the movement of files in an out of the facility are met by my Department and these costs for the years 2014 to 2016 are detailed in the table below.
|
Year |
Lodgement and retrieval costs |
|
2014 |
€3,674.61 |
|
2015 |
€17,736.74 |
|
2016 |
€3,612.47 |
In 2015 my Department undertook a major project to catalogue and lodge files in storage. The costs associated with this project were €8,127.78 included in the overall figure for 2015 in the above table. This explains the high costs for that year.
