Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on outsourced security services in his Department; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8473/13]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on outsourced cleaning services in his Department; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8487/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together.

My Department does not employ external security services. A breakdown of expenditure on outsourced cleaning services by my Department since the appointment of the Government to date is set out in the Table below. The details for Met Eireann are shown separately. The cleaning services include daily office cleaning, window cleaning and miscellaneous other cleaning , sanitary and laundry services , provided by the various contractors listed in the Tables.