Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20359/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department has an external company contracted to provide cleaning services for its Department's buildings. The name of the company contracted is Apleona. The most recent contract signed by my department was in July 2021, which is contracted to run until July 2025.

The value of the contract to date is €992,244.32. This has included normal day to day cleaning, Covid19 cleaning, while also covering windows and external building walls when required. The value of the contract has covered six buildings into total over the past four years.

Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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351. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20377/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department has an external company contracted to provide security services for two of its Department's buildings. The name of the company contracted is SecureAll. The most recent contract signed by my department was in April 2020, which was contracted to run until May 2024.

My department officials are currently working to renew this contract through the OGP Framework, where the publication of a new security Framework was released in September 2024. The existing contract remains in situ while waiting for completion of the Framework process.

The value of the contract to date is €249,755.40. This has included daily opening and closing of department buildings, scheduled mobile vehicle patrol at weekends and emergency call outs where required.