What does Optus Glean charge per hour?

We do not. Commercial and contract cleaning is delivered to a defined scope on a fixed monthly fee, paid by Direct Debit, with an annual indexed review. Per-hour pricing is for ad-hoc and domestic work, neither of which we do. The fixed monthly fee covers the named primary cleaner, the named relief, all consumables where contracted, all equipment, and the management overhead of running the contract.

What happens if Optus Glean's cleaner is sick?

The named relief is deployed and the site contact is notified by 06:30 on the morning of the absence. The relief is already vetted, inducted, and trained on the site's colour-coded system and IPC standard, so the standard of clean does not change. Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the buyer's risk to absorb.

How is the fixed monthly fee set?

The fee is set against a defined scope of work — frequency, areas, tasks, consumables, equipment — agreed at contract signature and documented in the service specification. The fee is reviewed once a year against the Consumer Price Index and the Contract Cleaning ERO rate movement, with any change communicated 60 days in advance of the review date. There are no in-year variations unless the scope itself changes.

Why are cleaning services in Dublin so inconsistent?

It is a workforce-design problem rather than an effort problem. Most operatives in the sector are part-time or casual, and many also hold healthcare assistant shifts in nursing homes and acute care. When a care shift is offered, the cleaning shift is dropped. Optus Glean removes that dynamic by employing operatives PAYE on guaranteed hours, so the cleaning role is not the secondary income.

How does Optus Glean stop cleaners disappearing for healthcare shifts?

We make the cleaning role the better work. Pay is set above the Contract Cleaning ERO floor (€14.80 per hour, 2026). Hours are guaranteed and rostered weeks in advance. Annual leave is paid. Pension contributions are made. The cleaner has no incentive to substitute a less predictable casual healthcare shift.

Why are some commercial cleaning quotes for Dublin so much cheaper than others?

Quotes for the same scope range from around €750-1,100 per month at the lower end to €1,500-1,700 per month at the upper end. The differential is almost entirely driven by employment model. Lower quotes assume a casual workforce where the provider carries no employment risk and passes service-continuity risk to the buyer. Higher quotes assume a PAYE workforce where the provider absorbs that risk.

Is the ERO rate a minimum or a market rate in Dublin?

The Contract Cleaning ERO rate of €14.80 per hour is a statutory minimum set under the Labour Court's Sectoral Employment Order. It is a floor, not a ceiling. Providers who pay at the floor are competing for staff with adjacent care-sector roles paying €15-€17 per hour, which is why retention is poor across the lower end of the market.

What evidence is there that this workforce pattern is real?

It is visible in CSO Labour Force Survey data on multi-jobbing in accommodation, administrative support, and human health and social work activities, and in the Workplace Relations Commission's enforcement record under the Contract Cleaning ERO. Practice managers confirm it experientially: the same operative who cleans the practice on Monday is on a healthcare assistant rota at a nearby nursing home on Wednesday.

What happens if my cleaner is sick or on leave?

The named relief is deployed. The site contact is notified by 06:30 on the morning of an unplanned absence, or at the start of the leave period for a planned absence. The relief is already vetted, inducted on the site, and trained on the same colour-coded system and IPC standard as the primary cleaner. The task list, the equipment, and the time window do not change. The clean is delivered to the same standard.

Will I get a different cleaner every week?

No. The model is a named primary cleaner with a named relief, both fixed to the site for the duration of the contract. The relief only attends when the primary is genuinely unavailable — sick day, annual leave, training day — and it is the same named relief each time, not a rotating pool. Long-term continuity of the same two people on a site is what makes the standard of clean stable.

How does Optus Glean handle long-term cover?

For absences longer than two weeks, cover is drawn from the wider Optus Glean trained bench. Every operative on the bench is PAYE-employed, Garda-vetted, and trained to the same documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard, so continuity of standard is preserved. The buyer is informed of the cover plan, the named individuals involved, and the expected duration at the point the long-term absence is identified.

What happens if my primary cleaner leaves Optus Glean?

The relief is promoted to primary on a planned timetable. A new relief is recruited, vetted, inducted on the site, trained on the colour-coded system and IPC standard, and introduced to the buyer before the handover takes effect. There is no scenario in which the buyer discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed. Continuity is engineered, not improvised.

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The Optus Glean promise: predictability

Three pillars. Three commitments. No exceptions.

Predictable cost. One fixed monthly fee, set against a defined scope and an annual indexed review. No variable hours. No surprise invoices. No padded callout charges. Budgeted once, paid by Direct Debit, reviewed once a year.

Predictable presence. The site is cleaned every day it is meant to be cleaned. A named primary cleaner is rostered to your contract, supported by a named relief who is already vetted, inducted, and trained on the same colour-coded system and IPC standard. The schedule does not depend on whether one person is available on one day.

Predictable freedom. A single point of accountability. One contract. One named manager. One number to call. Cleaning is no longer a problem the site has to manage — it is a service that runs.

Why cleaning in Dublin is structurally hard to get right

Most cleaning provision in Ireland — including in healthcare-adjacent settings — is delivered by a workforce that is structurally part-time and casual. A significant proportion of operatives across the sector also work as healthcare assistants in nursing homes, residential care, and acute hospitals. Cleaning shifts are typically taken when healthcare shifts are not available, and released when they are. This pattern is consistent with CSO labour data on accommodation, food, and administrative-support employment, and it is the underlying reason that buyers across Ireland encounter inconsistency from agencies they have contracted in good faith.

The pattern is reinforced by two background pressures specific to Dublin. Housing affordability limits the catchment for any role paying at or near the minimum wage. The Contract Cleaning Employment Regulation Order rate of €14.80 per hour for 2026, set under the Labour Court's sectoral employment framework, sits close enough to flexible care-sector pay that operatives drift toward whichever shift pays slightly more on the day. Both pressures pull cleaning staff away from contracted shifts and toward casual healthcare work.

The result, from the buyer's perspective, is the experience most practice managers, facilities leads, and procurement officers in Dublin describe: a clean that is half-completed when the contracted cleaner is available, missed entirely when they are not, and accompanied by recurring conversations with the agency about cover that may or may not arrive.

This is the structural problem Optus Glean is built to solve. Our operatives are fully PAYE-employed with guaranteed weekly hours, paid leave, and pension contributions under Irish auto-enrolment. They are paid above the ERO floor deliberately — because the structural reliability of the service depends on the cleaner choosing to remain in the role rather than rotating through casual healthcare shifts. A named primary cleaner is assigned to your site, supported by a named relief, both Garda-vetted and trained to Optus Glean's documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard.

Industrial Cleaning Services Across Dublin

Dublin's industrial landscape stretches from the East Wall and Dublin Port through the western suburbs to Park West, Baldonnell, and Greenogue, and northward to Northwest Business Park in Ballycoolin and Dublin Airport Logistics Park. These estates house hundreds of manufacturing plants, distribution warehouses, food processing facilities, pharmaceutical plants, and logistics centres. Each requires specialist industrial cleaning that goes far beyond what a standard commercial cleaning company can deliver.

Optus Glean provides the full range of industrial cleaning services across Dublin. Our industrial teams are trained for hazardous environments, equipped with ride-on scrubber-dryers, industrial pressure washers, HEPA vacuum systems, and MEWP access equipment. We clean everything from 50,000 sqft warehouse floors to precision pharmaceutical cleanrooms, from food production lines to data centre raised floors.

Dublin Industrial Estates We Serve

Park West Business Park

Park West at the M50/N4 junction is one of Dublin's largest business parks with over 200 companies across office, industrial, and logistics units. Optus Glean provides regular contract cleaning for warehouses, production facilities, and office spaces throughout Park West. Our teams are familiar with the park's security protocols and access procedures.

Northwest Business Park, Ballycoolin

One of Dublin's busiest industrial areas, Northwest Business Park houses distribution centres for major retailers, food wholesalers, and manufacturing companies. High-bay warehouse cleaning, loading dock cleaning, and cold store cleaning are among the most requested services. Optus Glean provides overnight and weekend cleaning to avoid disruption to daytime logistics operations.

Greenogue Industrial Estate

Greenogue in Rathcoole, south-west Dublin, is home to engineering firms, food manufacturers, and building suppliers. Industrial cleaning requirements include workshop floor cleaning, equipment degreasing, dust extraction, and yard cleaning. Optus Glean provides both regular maintenance cleaning and one-off deep cleans for Greenogue businesses.

Clondalkin Industrial Estate

Clondalkin Industrial Estate is one of Dublin's longest-established industrial zones, housing manufacturing, packaging, printing, and distribution companies. The mix of older and modern industrial units means cleaning requirements range from basic warehouse floor scrubbing to specialist degreasing of engineering workshops. Optus Glean provides regular contract cleaning and one-off deep cleans for Clondalkin industrial businesses.

Fonthill Industrial Estate

Fonthill Industrial Estate in Clondalkin sits adjacent to the M50 and N7, making it a prime logistics and distribution location. Large warehouse units, trade counters, and light manufacturing operations all require regular industrial cleaning. Our teams provide floor scrubbing, high-level cleaning, loading bay maintenance, and welfare area servicing for Fonthill businesses.

Tallaght Cross Industrial Estate

Tallaght Cross and the surrounding Cookstown and Broomhill industrial areas in south-west Dublin house manufacturing, food processing, and distribution companies. Industrial cleaning requirements here include production floor cleaning, cold store maintenance, and warehouse floor scrubbing. Optus Glean serves the entire Tallaght industrial corridor.

Dublin Port & Alexandra Basin

Dublin Port at Alexandra Basin is Ireland's busiest port, handling over 40 million tonnes of cargo annually. Port-adjacent warehousing, bonded stores, cold storage facilities, and logistics operations require specialist industrial cleaning that accounts for marine contamination, heavy vehicle traffic, and round-the-clock operations. Optus Glean provides regular and deep cleaning for Dublin Port industrial facilities.

Dublin Airport Logistics Park

Dublin Airport Logistics Park and the surrounding Harristown and Swords Business Campus area house air freight operations, pharmaceutical cold chain facilities, and general logistics companies. Time-sensitive environments like pharmaceutical distribution require cleaning that meets GMP and GDP (Good Distribution Practice) standards. Our teams work night shifts and weekends to avoid disrupting logistics operations.

Blanchardstown Corporate Park & Rosemount Business Park

Blanchardstown Corporate Park and the adjacent Rosemount Business Park host a mix of technology, pharmaceutical, and light manufacturing companies. The area benefits from proximity to the M50/N3 junction and Connolly Hospital. Industrial cleaning requirements range from cleanroom-adjacent pharmaceutical work to standard warehouse maintenance.

Baldonnell Business Park

Adjacent to Casement Aerodrome in west Dublin, Baldonnell hosts aerospace, engineering, and logistics companies. Industrial cleaning requirements here include precision cleaning for aviation maintenance facilities, workshop floor degreasing, and office cleaning for administrative buildings. Optus Glean's Safe Pass certified teams meet the security requirements for working near the aerodrome.

North City Business Park

North City Business Park off the Finglas Road houses manufacturing, distribution, and technology companies serving the north Dublin market. We provide scheduled industrial cleaning including production floor maintenance, racking cleaning, and loading dock washing.

Grange Castle Business Park

IDA Grangecastle Business Park hosts major pharmaceutical and technology operations including Pfizer, Takeda, and the Intel Leixlip campus nearby. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all operate data centres in the greater Dublin area, with significant facilities at Grangecastle and Profile Park. Cleaning in this environment demands pharmaceutical-grade protocols, cleanroom standards, and strict adherence to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) requirements. Optus Glean provides specialist cleanroom and pharmaceutical cleaning for Grange Castle facilities.

Industrial Cleaning Services

Warehouse Floor Cleaning

Large warehouse floors accumulate tyre marks, dust, oil spills, and debris from pallet movement. Our ride-on scrubber-dryers clean up to 5,000 sqm per hour, removing ingrained dirt and leaving floors safe, clean, and slip-free. Regular floor cleaning also improves forklift traction and reduces accident risk. Pricing: €1 to €3 per sqm.

Factory and Production Area Cleaning

Production environments generate specific contamination — metal swarf, cutting fluids, dust, food waste, packaging waste, and chemical residues. Optus Glean builds bespoke cleaning programmes for each production environment, addressing the specific contamination types and cleaning between production runs. We work around shift patterns and production schedules.

High-Level Cleaning

Warehouse rafters, ceiling beams, overhead cranes, ventilation ducts, and rooflights accumulate dust and debris that can contaminate products, trigger fire risks, and affect air quality. Our high-level cleaning teams use MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms), scaffolding towers, or rope access depending on the building configuration. All operatives are IPAF certified for MEWP operation and working at height trained.

Food-Grade and HACCP Cleaning

Dublin's food manufacturing sector — including bakeries, meat processors, dairy facilities, and prepared food manufacturers — requires cleaning that meets HACCP standards and Environmental Health Officer expectations. Optus Glean provides food-grade cleaning using approved detergents and sanitisers, with HACCP-trained operatives who understand critical control points, allergen management, and cross-contamination prevention.

Confined Space Cleaning

Tanks, vessels, silos, pits, and other confined spaces in Dublin industrial facilities require specialist cleaning with trained entry teams, gas monitoring equipment, rescue plans, and appropriate PPE. All Optus Glean confined space operatives hold City & Guilds or equivalent confined space entry qualifications and follow the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations.

Pharmaceutical and Cleanroom Cleaning

Dublin is a major pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, with Pfizer, Takeda, Alexion, and others operating production facilities across the city. Cleanroom cleaning requires trained operatives working in gowning protocols, using validated cleaning agents, and following GMP documentation procedures. Optus Glean provides cleanroom cleaning to ISO 14644 standards for Dublin pharmaceutical facilities.

How Optus Glean handles staff shortages

Every Optus Glean contract is staffed on a redundancy model rather than a single-person model. A named primary cleaner is assigned to the site at contract start. A named relief is assigned alongside them. Both are PAYE-employed by Optus Glean, both are Garda-vetted, both are inducted on the site's specific layout, access protocols, and colour-coded equipment system, and both are trained to the same documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard. Substitution is built into the contract from the first day, not arranged on the day cover is needed.

Sick day cover. When the primary cleaner is unable to work, the named relief is deployed. The site site contact is notified by 06:30 on the morning of the absence by SMS or email, with the name of the relief who is attending. The relief follows the same task list, uses the same equipment, and finishes within the same window. The standard of clean is unchanged because the relief was prepared for this scenario before the absence happened.

Annual leave cover. Annual leave is rostered weeks in advance and the relief is scheduled to cover the full leave period. The site is informed at the start of the leave period — not on the morning leave begins. This is the same model used in clinical rota management: known absences are pre-staffed, not improvised.

Long-term cover. If the primary cleaner is absent for more than two weeks (extended illness, parental leave, bereavement leave), cover is drawn from the wider trained bench rather than relying on the single named relief. The site is kept informed of the cover plan, the named individuals involved, and the expected duration. Continuity of standard is maintained because every operative on the bench is trained to the same documented standard.

Permanent reassignment. If the primary cleaner moves to a new permanent role within Optus Glean — promotion, relocation, retirement — the relief is promoted to primary on a planned timetable, a new relief is trained on the site, and both are introduced to the site before the handover takes effect. There is no day on which the site discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed.

Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the site's risk to absorb. The buyer pays a fixed monthly fee for a defined scope to be delivered, every day it is meant to be delivered. The mechanism by which we deliver it — primary, relief, bench, retraining — is our cost to manage and our risk to carry.

Equipment Capability

Industrial cleaning requires specialist equipment beyond standard cleaning tools. Optus Glean maintains a fleet of industrial cleaning equipment for our Dublin operations:

Ride-on scrubber-dryers — For large warehouse and factory floors, cleaning up to 5,000 sqm per hour
Walk-behind scrubber-dryers — For production areas, corridors, and medium-sized floor areas
Industrial pressure washers — Hot and cold water units up to 500 bar for degreasing, surface cleaning, and equipment washing
HEPA vacuum systems — For fine dust, pharmaceutical dust, and hazardous particulate removal
MEWPs — Cherry pickers and scissor lifts for high-level cleaning (IPAF certified operators)
Fogging and misting systems — For surface disinfection and deodorisation across large areas
Industrial dehumidifiers and air movers — For post-clean drying and flood response

Health, Safety & Compliance

Industrial cleaning carries higher safety risks than office or retail cleaning. Optus Glean maintains rigorous safety standards for all Dublin industrial work:

Safe Pass certification for all operatives (SOLAS)
IPAF certification for MEWP operators
Confined space entry qualifications where required
Manual handling training
COSHH assessments for all chemicals
Site-specific risk assessments and method statements
PPE provision including safety boots, hi-vis, hard hats, eye protection, and respiratory protection
Permit to work systems for hot work, confined space, and high-risk activities

Industrial Cleaning Across Ireland

Optus Glean provides industrial cleaning across all 26 counties of Ireland. Dublin is our largest industrial cleaning market, but we also serve major industrial clusters in Cork, Limerick, Galway, Kildare, Meath, Clare, and Waterford.

Frequently asked questions

How much does transport and logistics cleaning cost in Ireland in 2026?

An airport, station, or depot is priced as a fixed monthly fee tied to scope: 24/7 high-throughput cleaning, regulated-zone cover where applicable (airside, security-cleared areas), washrooms, public concourse, staff areas, and out-of-hours deep cleans. The Contract Cleaning ERO 2026 sets a €14.80/hour labour floor across the sector, but reputable providers quote the contract — multi-year term, annual indexed review, single monthly Direct Debit — not the hour.

What standards apply to transport-sector cleaning in Ireland?

The HSA's Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 sets the workplace baseline. The IAA regulates Irish airports, with EASA airport facility standards applying inside regulated zones. The Department of Transport sets broader policy. The cleaning programme must produce a documented audit trail — SDS, signed task logs, training register, security clearance records — that supports the operator's regulatory file.

Who can clean an airside zone in Ireland?

Only operatives with current airside security clearance — vetted and ID-pass-holding — can work airside. Clearance is granted by the airport operator under IAA-regulated procedures, with background checks that take weeks to complete. A reputable cleaning provider holds a stable, PAYE-employed pool of cleared operatives so airside cover does not collapse when one person leaves. Casual or agency staffing breaks under this model the first time a clearance lapses.

How is 24/7 cleaning actually delivered at a transport hub?

A 24/7 transport contract typically runs three shifts of named PAYE-employed cleaners with documented handovers, a named site lead per shift, and a reserve relief crew on call. Public concourse, washrooms, and high-throughput areas are cleaned continuously; deep-clean cycles run during the lowest-throughput window. The handover log and shift records are part of the audit trail, not optional.

What's the difference between PAYE and casual cleaning contracts in transport?

A PAYE-employed cleaner is on payroll with the company that signs the contract, paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO €14.80/hour floor, with guaranteed hours, paid leave, and PRSI/pension. A casual or self-employed operative is none of those things. In a regulated environment with security clearance and 24/7 cover, PAYE staffing is the only model that holds the clearance pool, the shift rota, and the named-cleaner continuity together.

How do I evaluate a cleaning provider for a transport site?

Three checks. One: are the operatives PAYE-employed by the company that signs the contract, with security clearance held in their own name? Two: how does the provider hold the clearance pool — what is the redundancy depth across the 24/7 shift pattern? Three: can the provider produce method statements, SDS, and shift handover logs that satisfy IAA and HSA audit standards on day one?

What should be in a cleaning contract for a transport hub?

24/7 shift coverage with named site lead per shift, regulated-zone clearance commitments, public concourse and washroom programme, deep-clean rotation, the chemical regime with SDS, PAYE-employed staff confirmation, fixed monthly fee, annual indexed review, transparent KPI reporting tied to throughput, and a clean exit clause. No per-hour pricing.

How often should a transport hub be deep-cleaned?

A transport hub runs continuous high-throughput visible cleaning, daily out-of-hours resets in the lowest-throughput window, weekly periodic tasks (high-level dusting, glass, signage), and quarterly or six-monthly deep cleans of floors, soft furnishings, and ducting. In Dublin, larger hubs typically schedule deep-clean rotations across phased zones so service continues without disruption.

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