Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her 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. [23413/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department occupies offices in Trinity Point, Dublin 2 and in Government Buildings in Ballina, Co. Mayo.  

Cleaning services in Trinity Point are currently provided by 5 Star Facilities, which took over the contract from Accent Solutions in May 2022.The costs associated with cleaning services in Trinity Point for 2021, 2022 and this year to date are as follows:

2021 - €18,470.52

2022 - €18,042.69

2023 - €5,914.00 (January to date).

Cleaning services in Government Buildings in Ballina are procured by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in its role as lead tenant in the building.

Cleaning services in the building, which is occupied by a number of Departments, are supplied by the Mount Charles Group. The share of cleaning costs incurred by my Department for its footprint in Ballina are as follows:

2021 - €15,928

2022 - €16,720.19

2023 - €4,852.47 (January to date).