Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)

2:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Given that a great deal of money will be spent on the gates, could there be some kind of programme in Ireland? There is a long history of foundry work in the Dublin area and in Northern Ireland. As has happened in the past with the OPW, could some kind of training programme be put together so that young people or individuals without employment could become involved in a project in a positive way? The signs I saw around the park were from Actavo. Was it the only tenderer for supplying all the services described here? Mr. McMahon may have to get the information for me. I cannot understand why some smaller businesses and providers would not have got a shot at it. We should remember that the park is on the edge of Dublin so I would have thought that anyone within a two-hour radius of Dublin or even further would have been quite interested in that tender. Was Actavo the only one selected? Was it because it had the exclusive expertise?

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