I can advise the Deputy that the annual costs associated with the site referred to by the Deputy are set out in the following table.
Expenditure is broken down into the following categories: utility costs (including electricity, water and Gas); security costs (including CCTV); and maintenance costs (including statutory system checks).
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2022
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2023
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2024 (to end of April)
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Utilities (including electricity, water and Gas)
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€8,506.39
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€13,788.26
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€3,894.78
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Security Costs (including CCTV)
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€2,420.20
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€0.00
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€0.00
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Maintenance Costs (including statutory system checks)
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€19,934.82
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€15,868.04
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€27,499.82*
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Total
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€30,861.41
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€29,656.30
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€31,394.60
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*Circa €27,000.00 of expenditure has been incurred in 2024 on essential maintenance to services chambers on the perimeter of the site which were carried out by Gas Networks. Services chambers are constructed to allow access to cabling and other infrastructure which connect the site to essential services such as electricity and gas.