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 Galway 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 Galway 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 Galway?

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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€6.5M Public Liability

€13M Employer's Liability

Garda Vetted Staff

24/7 Emergency Response

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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 office has to manage — it is a service that runs.

Why cleaning in Galway 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 Galway. 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 Galway 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.

Professional Office Cleaning in Galway

Galway is Ireland's fastest-growing city and one of the most dynamic business centres on the western seaboard. The office market is anchored by the medtech cluster — Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Zimmer Biomet, Creganna, and Merit Medical — which has established Galway as the medical device capital of Europe. But the city's commercial landscape extends well beyond medtech: a growing technology sector occupies offices at the Galway Technology Centre in Mervue and the IDA Business Park, while professional services firms, financial services companies, and public sector offices cluster around Eyre Square, Merchants Road, and Dock Road.

Optus Glean provides professional office cleaning across all of Galway's commercial areas. Whether you occupy a small professional services office on Eyre Square, a medtech headquarters at Parkmore, or a tech startup at the Galway Technology Centre, we deliver consistent, reliable cleaning backed by €6.5M public liability insurance and fully Garda vetted teams.

Galway Areas We Serve for Office Cleaning

Galway City Centre

The city centre around Eyre Square, Merchants Road, Dock Road, Forster Street, and Prospect Hill houses professional services firms, financial institutions, government offices, and co-working spaces. These tend to be smaller offices in period or mixed-use buildings. We provide flexible cleaning schedules — early morning, evening, or daytime — to suit the varied access arrangements in city centre properties.

Parkmore Business Park

Parkmore is Galway's premier business park, home to Medtronic's international operational headquarters and several other major employers. The campus-style environment demands consistent, high-quality cleaning that meets the standards expected by multinational companies. We provide daily office cleaning at Parkmore, covering office areas, meeting rooms, reception spaces, and canteen facilities. Our teams understand the access protocols and badge requirements at these secured campuses.

Mervue Industrial Estate & Technology Centre

Mervue hosts the Galway Technology Centre, a hub for tech startups and scale-ups, alongside light industrial and distribution businesses. The IDA Business Park at Mervue also houses technology and professional services companies. We clean offices across the full Mervue area, from single-room startup offices to multi-floor corporate premises.

Ballybrit Business Park

Ballybrit is best known for the Galway Racecourse, but it is also a significant commercial area. Boston Scientific operates a major manufacturing campus here, alongside other medtech and commercial businesses. We provide office cleaning at Ballybrit, including the office areas of manufacturing campuses where production areas are serviced by our industrial cleaning teams.

Briarhill & East Galway

Briarhill Business Park and the surrounding area along the Dublin Road corridor house retail, professional services, and commercial businesses. Oranmore, further east, has become a major commercial centre with business parks serving the commuter population. We cover the full eastern corridor from Briarhill through to Oranmore and beyond.

Knocknacarra & West Galway

Knocknacarra, Rahoon, and the western suburbs have a growing number of professional offices, medical practices, and commercial premises. These tend to be smaller standalone offices that need reliable, cost-effective cleaning. We serve the full western side of Galway city.

What Our Galway Office Cleaning Includes

General office areas — Vacuuming carpets, mopping hard floors, wiping clear desk surfaces, emptying bins, dusting shelves and surfaces
Kitchen and break rooms — Countertops, microwaves, sinks, bins, dishwasher tablets and hand soap restocking where provided
Washrooms — Full sanitisation of toilets, urinals, basins, mirrors, floors. Consumable replenishment
Reception and meeting rooms — High-visibility areas kept consistently presentable
Glass and partitions — Internal glass doors and partitions cleaned to remove fingerprints
Periodic deep cleaning — Carpet extraction, window cleaning, high-level dusting, upholstery cleaning

Office Cleaning Pricing in Galway

Galway office cleaning rates in 2026 typically as a fixed monthly fee per site. Indicative monthly costs:

Small office (50–100 sqm) — €180 to €380/month for 3 cleans per week
Medium office (100–300 sqm) — €380 to €750/month for 5 cleans per week
Large office (300–1,000 sqm) — €750 to €1,800/month for daily cleaning
Corporate/medtech campus (1,000+ sqm) — Custom pricing from €2,000/month. Campuses at Parkmore, Ballybrit, and Mervue quoted individually

All prices exclusive of VAT. Bundling with window cleaning, washroom services, or carpet cleaning saves 15–25%.

Why Galway Businesses Choose Optus Glean

Medtech expertise — We understand the access protocols and hygiene expectations at Galway's medtech campuses. Our teams are trained for controlled environments
Fixed pricing — One monthly price, agreed upfront. No variable charges
Dedicated teams — Same cleaners every visit. They learn your office, your preferences, your expectations
Garda vetted — Every operative Garda vetted before deployment
Fully insured — €6.5M public liability and €13M employer's liability
Local teams — Galway-based cleaners with local knowledge and reliable attendance
Eco-friendly products — Environmentally responsible cleaning as standard
Quality audits — Regular inspections by our area manager with documented audit reports

Sectors We Clean in Galway

Medical devices — Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Zimmer Biomet, Creganna, Merit Medical office areas
Technology — Galway Technology Centre tenants, IDA Business Park, software companies
Professional services — Solicitors, accountants, consultancies across the city centre
Financial services — Banks, credit unions, and insurance offices
Public sector — Government offices, Galway City Council, Galway County Council
Co-working — Shared workspace providers in the city centre and suburbs

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 office 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 office 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 office 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 office before the handover takes effect. There is no day on which the office discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed.

Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the office'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.

Frequently asked questions

How much does office cleaning cost in Ireland in 2026?

A corporate office is priced as a fixed monthly fee per site (or per floor, for multi-tenant buildings), tied to a defined scope and frequency. 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. Pre-opening reset windows and out-of-hours deep cleans are inside the fee.

What standards apply to office cleaning in Ireland?

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 obliges the employer to maintain a safe workplace, supported by the General Application Regulations 2007. The cleaning programme should produce a documented audit trail — chemical SDS, signed-off task records, training register — that supports the office manager's safety statement and ESG reporting on supply-chain labour standards.

Why is cleaning consistency such a problem in Irish office buildings?

Most Irish cleaning provision is delivered by part-time or casual operatives, frequently subcontracted from one agency to another without disclosure, often paid at or near the ERO floor with no continuity to the site. The result is a different cleaner most weeks, no real quality baseline across floors, and tenant complaints that surface six months into a 36-month contract.

What does ESG-aligned cleaning supply actually mean?

ESG-aligned cleaning means the labour in your supply chain is documented and lawful: PAYE-employed staff (not casual), paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO €14.80/hour floor, with paid leave and PRSI/pension contributions. It also means the chemical regime has SDS on file, waste streams are tracked under the Waste Management Acts, and the provider can answer a tenant or auditor question on day one. ESG is not a sticker — it is auditable supply-chain integrity.

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

A PAYE-employed cleaner is on payroll with the company that signs the contract, paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO floor, with paid leave and pension. A casual or self-employed operative is none of those things — and is often subcontracted in via a labour agency the buyer never signed with. PAYE staffing is the only model that supports a named primary cleaner per floor with continuity, and the only one that survives an ESG supply-chain audit.

How do I evaluate a cleaning provider for a multi-floor office?

Three checks. One: are the operatives PAYE-employed by the company that signs the contract, or subcontracted? Ask for a written commitment, not a tagline. Two: who is the named primary cleaner and named relief per floor or zone? Three: can the provider produce a transparent reporting pack — daily/weekly logs, audit scores, tenant feedback — that ties scope to evidence?

What should be in a cleaning contract for a corporate office?

Scope and frequencies per zone (workstations, meeting rooms, washrooms, kitchens, lift lobbies, reception), pre-opening reset window, named primary cleaner and named relief, the chemical regime with SDS, ESG and supply-chain confirmations, fixed monthly fee, annual indexed review, transparent KPIs and reporting, and a clean exit clause. No per-hour pricing. No undisclosed subcontracting.

How often should an office be professionally cleaned?

A typical corporate office runs a daily out-of-hours core clean (workstations, washrooms, kitchens, communal areas), a pre-opening morning reset where occupancy is heavy, weekly periodic tasks (high-level dusting, glass), and quarterly or six-monthly deep cleans (carpets, soft furnishings, fabric). In Galway, multi-tenant buildings often add a midday washroom check and lift-lobby reset.

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-06

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