Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available to build the new fire station in Belturbet, County Cavan; the progress made on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37336/08]

Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Provision was made under the 2006 fire service capital programme to recoup the costs in respect of the construction of a replacement fire station at Belturbet, Co Cavan. In August 2008, following an assessment of tenders received in respect of the project, Cavan County Council wrote to the Department requesting sanction to accept a recommended tender. The associated contract documents were prepared on the basis of the Government Departments and Local Authorities (GDLA '82) standard contract format.

The Department, following consultation with the Department of Finance on the use of fixed price contracts, subsequently advised the fire authority that it was a requirement that new standard forms of construction contracts were to be utilised in respect of all public works. The Department informed the fire authority that the GDLA format had been withdrawn from use, requested that a new tender competition be conducted and contract documents prepared in accordance with relevant Department of Finance Circulars ( Circular 33/06 and Circular 04/08) on construction procurement reform.