Contracts for environmental maintenance works on the Curragh are awarded by my Department on a periodic basis following a tender competition which is advertised in local County Kildare based newspapers, Leinster Leader, Kildare Nationalist and Kildare Times. A contract for weed-cutting on the Curragh is awarded every year following a restricted tender competition. My Department holds details of potential contractors in this regard — currently 13 — and the tender has not been advertised in recent years as the process did not lead to an increase in the number of tenderers. It is open to individuals to request inclusion on the list.
The contracts are required to enable my Department to meet its duty of care to protect the environmental heritage of the Curragh as well as to meet certain statutory obligations in the control of noxious weeds and, in all cases, the lowest tender has been accepted. The contract for environmental works is based on hourly rates for labour and equipment, while the weed-cutting contract is based on an all-in figure. Details of the contractors engaged during the period are as follows:
Year
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Environmental Works
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Weed-Cutting
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2004
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Mr. Richard Worrell, Ayr Hill, Stramillian, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare
Mr. John Dallon, 40 St. John’s, Castledermot, Co. Kildare
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Mr. John Egan, Inch House, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
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2003
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Mr. Richard Worrell, Ayr Hill, Stramillian, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare
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Mr. Joseph Slattery, Kilbiller, Coolbawn, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
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2002
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Mr. Richard Worrell, Ayr Hill, Stramillian, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare
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Leens Plant Hire Ltd., Raheenagh, Ballagh, Co. Limerick
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2001
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Mr. Richard Worrell, Ayr Hill, Stramillian, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare
Mr. Peter Keatley, Newtown, Suncroft, Co. Kildare
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Leens Plant Hire Ltd., Raheenagh, Ballagh, Co. Limerick
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2000
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Frank Pearson & Son, Ballinabarna, Skerries, Athy, Co. Kildare
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Mr. Peter Keatley, Newtown, Suncroft, Co. Kildare
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1999
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Frank Pearson & Son, Ballinabarna, Skerries, Athy, Co. Kildare
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Mr. Martin Cribbon, 6 St. Patricks Park, Rathangan, Co. Kildare
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1998
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Frank Pearson & Son, Ballinabarna, Skerries, Athy, Co. Kildare
Thomas Logan & Sons, Naas Industrial Estate, Naas, Co. Kildare
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Frank Pearson & Son, Ballinabarna, Skerries, Athy, Co. Kildare
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1997
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Frank Pearson & Son, Ballinabarna, Skerries, Athy, Co. Kildare
Thomas Logan & Sons, Naas Industrial Estate, Naas, Co. Kildare Stramillian Agricultural Contractors, Stramillian, Kildangan, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare
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Mr. Percy Podger, French Furze House, Kildare, Co. Kildare
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