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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 14, 2025

QUESTION NO. 35

QUESTION: Councillor J. Spear

Can the Chief Executive please give an update on the sports pavilions? Please include when works will commence for each one and expected delivery dates.

REPLY:

SDCC’s pavilion programme was agreed by the Council as part of its commitment to the health and well-being of its citizens. To support active recreation in local communities, and to support the growth and development of sports clubs and groups facilities such as changing rooms, and secure storage areas ensure access to recreation, sustainability of service delivery and enable 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 locations 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. That tender process is now closed with tender evaluation completed. The standstill period is now in train, however this period is always subject to appeal by unsuccessful bidders which is a risk to programme.

As part of the tender process, the bidders have all submitted an outline programme but this will need to be confirmed after expiration of the standstill period. The outline programme at the moment shows modular manufacture and enabling works during Summer 2025 with installation of the initial 2 modular buildings at Corkagh and Griffeen in Q3 2025; with the remaining  approved locations also ordered and delivered on foot of the establishment of the two frameworks. This programme will be subject to discussion and agreement with the successful contractor following the expiration of the tender standstill period which is on-going at present. Once the contract is signed for the initial 2 projects the remaining projects  can be programmed and ordered, at that stage the timelines for the remaining projects can be confirmed. Delivery dates are not available at present.

South Dublin will seek to ensure the earliest possible start for manufacture and delivery of the units on site.