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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 14, 2021

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive for a progress report on the installation of electronic booking systems in Council community centres.

REPLY:

Funding was awarded to the Council, through the Sports Partnership office, for the development of an electronic booking system for the use of community centres in South Dublin from the Dormant Accounts Fund under a Sports Ireland Innovation Fund with strong support for such a system shown by a 98% positive response to such a system in a survey conducted by South Dublin Public Participation Network.

While it was originally considered that the tender could comprise an extension of the online booking system for pitches and pavilions, procurement advice was that this approach was not possible as the value of the subsequent tender would exceed the original tender and therefore a new and separate tender was required.

The new tender is currently being drafted having regard for Office of Government Procurement guidance and with input from the Council's Information Systems, Procurement, Data Protection and Law Departments.  It is anticipated that the tender will be finalised for issue this month with a view to being in a position to pilot the service in some community centres later this year.  This would be followed by a phased roll-out across community centres throughout 2022.

Planning for the associated training and promotional aspects of the pilot and the roll-out will be undertaken by the Community Development and Sports Partnership teams.