The printer itself cost 800,000.
The total cost of the new Dáil printer and building works was more than 1.8 million euro it has emerged.
The printer itself cost around 800,000 euro, rising to 1.37 million when further equipment was bought.
Further works to install it cost almost 260,000 thousand euro, with the clerk of the Dáil noting the space requirements were neither understood or examined when the project was being carried out.
Fianna Fáil's Marc MacSharry said he was insulted by the way the installation was carried out: ''I find it insulting because what we've done here is applied the Children's Hospital approach to public procurement... lets buy it and stuff it in''.
Further building work was carried out on the building at the time not to do with fitting the printer, and this cost almost 200,000 euro and 138,000 euro of that was on air conditioning.
The Dáil clerk found that this printer is needed to meet the demands of TDs and Senators but raised questions about how the project and installation was carried out, something TDs want more answers on.
