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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 14, 2025

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the county's Pavilions Programmes regarding the installation of dressing rooms in public parks.

REPLY:

SDCC’s pavilion programme was agreed by the Council as part of its commitment to the health and well-being of its citizens. As clubs grow and develop, facilities such as changing rooms, and secure storage areas become essential to a club’s sustainability and success. A review of the pavilion programme was carried out and presented to the Council in April 2024. The review process identified a requirement for additional capital provision, which was approved for the 2025 budget. The programme will deliver sports changing rooms at 10 locations across the county, to facilitate groups using adjacent pitches / sport in parks as set out in the list below: 

The Part 8s for all the pavillions that still required planning permission (at Collinstown, Kilnamanagh, Sean Walsh Park, Arthur Griffith Park, Tymon Park South, Kiltipper & Willsbrook) were completed and passed by the Council in November and December 2024.

A framework tender for the modular buildings framework using Corkagh & Griffeen as the primary lcoations has recently completed. The detailed design and tender processes were extended due to required changes to the contract documents and requests from tenderers for additional time and that tender process closed in March with tenders now under assessment. It is planned to appoint the manufacturers in May with manufacture to take place between May and August with delivery to site in early September for the first 2 locations. Once the manufacturers are appointed we will also progress the remaining locations with them as well.