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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Departmental Contracts

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/25]

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a Cleaning contract with Allpro. This contract is part of an Office of Government Procurement framework agreement for cleaning services.

Details Start date Length of contract Value
Office cleaning in 4 of the Department's 5 offices (cleaning in the Kildare Street HQ is organised by the anchor tenant) June 2022 An initial period of two years with the option of two further extensions of 12 month duration each. The first extension was agreed to in June 2024. Circa €115,000 per year

My Department has not outsourced any service/security officer roles to private companies.

In relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department, these are operational matters for the bodies themselves and not something for which I have direct, day-to-day responsibility.

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3224/25]

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 15 service staff directly employed by this Department in a permanent capacity set out in tabular form below.

These staff provide facilities management and administrative duties and are paid on the salary scale for their grade in accordance with the standard arrangements put in place by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.

Grade/Role Number of Staff
Head Service Officer 3
Service Officer 11
Service Attendant 1

There are no cleaners directly employed by this Department.

The employment of cleaners and Services Officers by bodies under the aegis of my Department are operational matters for those bodies, subject to Departmental sanction where appropriate.

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