Nearly €1.4m has been spent heating and powering Leinster House and other Oireachtas buildings so far this year.
The bills cover a number of buildings used by the House of the Oireachtas, including Leinster House and its restaurant and offices on Kildare House, Frederick House and Merrion Square. A spokesperson for the Oireachtas told the Irish Mirror that the three offices are “part of the Leinster House campus and by and large accommodate staff”.
Bills decreased further to €186,091 and €150,830 in March and April respectively. However, a Public Service Obligation levy rebate was applied in both of these months. This amounted to €14,580 per month . The rising gas bills come despite Leinster House cutting back on its use of gas. The bill for April shows that 5.2kWh was used in the last 12 months. In the previous year, 7.1kWh was used.
Bills for Kildare House, meanwhile, show that electricity and gas cost €72,351 and €24,289 respectively. It was previously reported that bills in the Oireachtas had trebled from €105,945 in December 2021 to €334,919 in December 2022.