Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
226 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and the cost of each service outsourced over the past 12 months. [36698/12]
View answerThe information requested is not readily available within my Department and it would require a substantial amount of time to compile the details sought.
The work of the Department and the wider Education and Training sector includes the use of a diverse range of outsourcing arrangements relating to such areas as the school building programme, education and training courses at various levels, services provided for teachers and special needs assistants and a range of corporate functions for education providers such as ICT support, payroll, HR, waste management, cleaning, security etc.
If the Deputy have a particular interest regarding a specific area of public service provision, my officials will endeavour to supply the details as far as possible.
