Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23402/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Between January 2021 and August of 2021, the Department had separate cleaning contracts for its various buildings. In 2021, under the OGP Framework, the Department consolidated all contracts under one for a three-year period with Accent Solutions becoming the sole cleaning provider for the Department of Defence.

The table below details the periods for which each cleaning contract existed.

Note: All includes Newbridge, Renmore, Roscrea and Dublin Offices (2 x locations)

Additional Covid-19 cleaning measures for all buildings were in place for 2021 and ceased in May 2022.