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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2019

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor Alan Edge

To ask the Chief Executive what information is provided by the Council to contractors concerning the impact of works carried out on biodiversity and whether there exists in those contracts a term concerning the need to avoid negatively impacting on biodiversity.

REPLY:

The information provided to, and required from, contractors prior to the commencement of works / projects will vary in accordance with the type, scale and context of the project.

Depending on the project the Council will require evidence of insurances, financial bone fides, project specific programme, project specific method statement and risk assessment from the contractor based on the brief for the project. The items taken into consideration in relation to the brief will depend on the type of project / works being undertaken, the location of the works, the size of the works, the risk inherent in the works / project, seasonal or other constraints and the financial outlay required.

For certain projects a Part 8 process and / or screening process is required in which case the outcome of these are made available to the contractor at the tendering stage.