Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2006

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Harbours and Piers

9:00 pm

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 456: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the extension of Dunquin pier and the building of a new pier on the Blasket Island will commence; the amount of funding which has been allocated for these projects; if these works have been put to tender; if tenders have been accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4960/06]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Committal of the funding for the piers on An Blascaod Mór and at Dún Chaoin will be contingent on the completion of the arrangements for the purchase of the island by the State. Subject to this, it is intended that my Department, in partnership with Kerry County Council, will be responsible for the development of the two piers. The county council is currently engaged in the process of selecting a contractor for the project through a public procurement process. Given the specialist nature of the marine works involved and the environmentally sensitive nature of the location of the proposed piers, a two-stage process of tender selection is being used by the council. The first stage, the pre-qualification process for the selection of suitable contractors, has been completed and four contractors have been qualified. The next stage will involve inviting these four to submit tenders for the works. I have been informed by Kerry County Council that this stage will commence when the land on the island is acquired by the State. As previously stated, I do not consider it appropriate, while the tender process is ongoing, that cost estimates for the project would be made public.

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