Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processes and system for the cleaning and maintenance of Government buildings; if these criteria will apply to the new public service office in a town (details supplied) in County Donegal; when contracts for the cleaning and maintenance of this building will go to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36625/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's Programme of Decentralisation, 118 posts in the Department are to be relocated to Buncrana. Work on a new building in Buncrana has now been completed and the assignment of staff will commence within the next week. It is proposed to relocate the local office currently based in Castle Avenue, Buncrana, to the new Government offices in mid November next. The new offices are part of a State-owned complex. The responsibility for the maintenance of these offices is a matter for the Office of Public Works. The Department has a contract with Grovesnor Cleaning Company Ltd for the provision of cleaning services for all the Department's offices country wide. Accordingly, the new offices will now be included as part of this contract.