Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country of origin for beef, pork, chicken and lamb sourced for each building; if he will provide the information in tabular readable form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides facilities for a canteen service for staff in a number of locations i.e. in Longford, Sligo, Letterkenny, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada and Kilmainham. However, it is not directly involved in the provision of meals or in the running of these facilities. Arrangements for the provision of services in these facilities are put in place by voluntary committees of staff in the locations in question. As a rule this involves the appointment of a commercial company to provide the service under the committee's general supervision.

The procurement arrangements of these companies are not subject to direction by my Department and, accordingly, details of the food sources are not available.