Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost in man hours of changing clocks from summer time to winter time and vice versa in public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department's flexi-time clocks, phone systems, ICT devices, etc., and the clock faces in the Custom House clock tower, have all been centrally programmed to adjust when the time changes. Accordingly, there are no manpower costs associated with the changing of these clocks and time-dependent systems between summer and winter time.

There are a small number of wall clocks in individual offices in the Department and these are changed by the occupants. The time taken to change these is considered to be negligible and has not been calculated.