COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, June 26, 2017
QUESTION NO. 2
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
"To ask the Chief Executive if he is aware of the concern of many at the delay in progressing the delivery of the long promised Pavilion at Dodder Valley Park, Old Bawn, Tallaght; will he give assurances that provision of the Pavilion is still a priority of the Council and will he furnish a full statement in the matter?"
REPLY:
The Council is in the process of rolling out a multi-year pavilion delivery programme for construction of sports pavilions with the support of Sports Capital Grant funding.
South Dublin County Council has provided over 1,750ha of parks and open spaces throughout the county. The larger parks, in particular, provide space for a wide range of active and passive recreation facilities, with 163 pitches provided. The benefits of these facilities contribute to the Government’s vision of an active and healthy society as detailed in the 2013 Healthy Ireland document – A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 – 2025.
As clubs grow and develop, facilities such as changing rooms, first aid posts, and secure storage areas become essential to a club’s sustainability and success. When Government commenced a programme of Sports Capital Grants, submissions were made for permanent dressing room facilities and some of these received funding and were constructed.
The aim of the current pavilion construction programme is to provide for the provision of further pavilion facilities; commencing with provision at Dodder Valley-Old Bawn Park, Griffeen Park and Corkagh Park.
The pavilion at Dodder Valley Old Bawn has passed the Part 8 stage and it is now in its 2nd tender process. The construction of the TASC pavilion at Limekiln indicated there might be advantages in terms of quality, cost and delivery through the use of prefabricated construction systems allied to the GCCC Design-build contract. However the tenders for the Pavilion programme issued in 2016 did not achieve results in either value for money, design innovation or the creation of a list of suitable contractors.
It was agreed to re-tender the Pavilion programme using the more successful tender model of design-build allied to more traditional construction employed on the now completed Ballyowen equine centre.
The pavilion programme remains a priority of the council. Tenders for a single-operator framework for the first 3 pavilions centering on the Dodder Park pavilion as exemplar project issued earlier in 2017. The tender stage is still on-going with a decision on same expected imminently.