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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 November 2004

Wednesday, 3 November 2004

Questions (154)

Olivia Mitchell

Question:

206 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has sought any expressions of interest from the private sector to fund the development of a metro from Dublin’s city centre to the airport through a public private partnership; if so, the number of such expressions that have been made; the extent to which such private sector proposals were pursued by his Department; if he will provide details of such expressions of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27443/04]

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My Department has not sought any expressions of interest in the metro. Statutory responsibility in that regard rests with the Railway Procurement Agency which in May 2002 launched a pre-qualification exercise, the purpose of which was to assess the experience and capacity of potential bidders for the metro project. The qualification system is open for three years. Of the 34 candidates who submitted requests for qualification, 18 have been qualified in all disciplines in which they sought qualification. These candidates are listed in the table:

Candidate (Members)

Tunnels

Civil and building works

Railway M& E system works

Supply of railway rolling stock

Rail operations

Infrastructure maintenance

Rolling stock maintenance

ACS / Pierse

Y

Y

Aer-Line (Bilfinger & Berger, Amec; Spie, Serco, Siemens)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Alstom Transport SA

Y

Y

Y

Y

Ansaldobreda

Y

Y

Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari / CSEE Transport JV

Y

Ascon, Dragados, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau, ARUP JV

Y

Y

Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd.

Y

Y

Y

Bouygues TP / Vinchy CGP Joint Venture

Y

Y

Construcciones Y Auxiliar de ferrocarriles — CAF

Y

Y

Cathro Consortium (Fluor Ltd, Mowlem, Mitsui & Co. Ltd, Nishimatsu, Atkins)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Consortium Erin Railways (FCC, Sacyr, Somague, Typsa)

Y

Y

HTM Personenvervoer NV

Y

Keolis

Y

Y

Y

Morgan Est / Beeton und monierbau joint venture

Y

Obayashi Corporation

Y

Y

RATP International

Y

Y

Y

R O’Rourke & Son in association with Laing Civil Engineering Ltd

Y

Strabag AG

Y

Y

In addition, 4 other candidates have qualified in some of the disciplines for which they sought qualification:

Candidate (Members)

Tunnels

Civil and building works

Railway M& E system works

Supply of railway rolling stock

Rail operations

Infrastructure maintenance

Rolling stock maintenance

Connex Transport (Ireland) Ltd

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) PLC

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

MTR Corporation Ltd

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Washington Group International Inc.; Jarvis; Hoctief AG; J. Murphy & Sons

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Three other candidates are being assessed.

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