385. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of impending budget cuts, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the energy bill for the public sector is estimated at €500 million a year; his futher attention has been drawn to the potential demonstrated by existing Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland and Office of Public Works led projects to save at least 20% or €100 million a year of this bill within two years if targeted energy efficiency programmes were implemented across the whole sector instead of continuing with the current voluntary and piecemeal initiatives; his plans to ensure that all Government Departments implement such programmes and thus make these cuts that do not hurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/12]

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385. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of impending budget cuts, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the energy bill for the public sector is estimated at €500 million a year; his futher attention has been drawn to the potential demonstrated by existing Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland and Office of Public Works led projects to save at least 20% or €100 million a year of this bill within two years if targeted energy efficiency programmes were implemented across the whole sector instead of continuing with the current voluntary and piecemeal initiatives; his plans to ensure that all Government Departments implement such programmes and thus make these cuts that do not hurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/12]

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