Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 February 2013
236. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on outsourced cleaning services in her Department; and if she will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8493/13]
View answerFollowing the transfer and integration of the Community Welfare Service (formerly of the Health Service Executive) and the Employment Services (formerly FÁS), the Department of Social Protection inherited some of these organisations’ properties and their contractual services, such as cleaning. The Department of Social Protection provides services from approximately 970 locations throughout the State, being the main or sole occupant in approximately 200 of those locations, and as such, is responsible for various upkeep costs, including cleaning and security. As a result, we paid a total of €2,507,959.81 to 78 different cleaning companies in 2012. However, a rationalisation of our Department’s cleaning (and hygiene) services has been significantly progressed and there are currently 18 companies providing the service, which are listed as follows:
1. Cannon Hygiene Ireland Ltd
2. Derrycourt Company Limited
3. Direct Cleaning Services
4. Grosvenor Cleaning Services Ltd
5. HSG Zander Ireland Ltd
6. Ille Paper Services (Irl) Ltd.
7. James Boylan Safety Ltd
8. JMW Catering Services
9. Momentumsupport
10 Noonan Services Group.
11. OCS ONE COMPLETE SOLUTION LTD
12. Rentokil Initial Ltd
13. Science Friction (Irl)
14. Service Matters
15. Spring Grove Services Ireland Ltd
16. T & J Hanafin Ltd
17. TEAM WEAVER LTD
18. TL Cleaning.
