Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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573. To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide services, such as consultancy work, recruitment services and other outsourced services, for example cleaning, catering and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the total fees paid to private for-profit companies by my Department for outsourced services in the period September 2014 to August 2015 was €1.318 million.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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574. To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide public services, for example, waste collection, motorway toll operators, public transport such as Veolia-LUAS and private bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is not responsible for the provision of any public services which have been outsourced.