Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department has paid each external security company to provide security personnel at Intreo offices to date in 2024; and the contract with each security company due to expire, in tabular form. [29390/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Social Protection has paid €2,456,697 for external security in 2024. These payments were made to the Department's sole external security provider, SARS. The contract with SARS is due to expire on 30 September 2024 and a public procurement process is in progress for a new contract.