Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in his review of spending, if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of contract cleaners for the Department of Finance at €203,556.00 and also high cost of contract cleaners for the Office of Public Works at €704,918.90; if he has done a comparison on the amount it would cost to directly employ cleaners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11247/12]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in his review of spending, if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of contract cleaners for the Department of Finance at €203,556.00 and also high cost of contract cleaners for the Office of Public Works at €704,918.90; if he has done a comparison on the amount it would cost to directly employ cleaners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11246/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 74 together.

In response to the Deputies' questions, the cost of contract cleaning in both the Department of Finance and the Office of Public Works has not been brought to my attention in the review of spending. I have noted the amounts quoted and will ask both the Department of Finance and the Office of Public Works to examine the costing and to come back to me with their views.