Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1132. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at State owned storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1122/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a contract with a records management company for storage of the Department’s inactive files along with retrieval services for these files. The cost of the storage of Departmental records is met by the Office of Public Works.

The contract is due for renewal now and my Department is engaged with the Office of Government Procurement in seeking tenders from suitable providers. This process is expected to be completed within the next few weeks. As such it would not be appropriate at this point, to release the details requested. However, as soon as the new contract is signed, I will arrange for the information to be provided directly to the Deputy.