Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to any record which shows the total amount of money spent by your office / department on lights, light fittings, light shades, non-standard bulbs, or other lighting- related purchases. This request can be limited to - 1. purchases arising since 18 December, 2024 (the first sitting date of the current Dáil; 2. equipment / goods purchased for use in rooms in government departments occupied by ministers of State and members of the cabinet; and 3. equipment / goods purchased for use in rooms in the Oireachtas occupied by senators, TDs, ministers of State and members of the cabinet; It can further be limited to exclude expenditure which was genuinely routine in nature - e.g. replacement of blown bulbs, and to exclude any replacement / work which was undertaken exclusively on safety grounds. Although you are required by the FOI Act to disregard any reason for a request under the Act, it may help to know that I am hoping to identify expenditure on lights / lighting which arose following a request by any member of the Oireachtas. I am not looking for ‘any and all’ such records - a single figure will satisfy this request. I am am also not looking for the names of any requesters - that request may come later.