Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2015
565. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of installing fully accessible toilets, including a hoist and a changing bench, in 50 public amenities. [40330/15]
View answerInsofar as my Department is concerned, the contracting authority for any work of this nature would typically be a local authority and the specific information sought is, therefore, not available within my Department.
In general terms the cost of upgrading public amenities to provide for accessible toilets will be influenced by a range of factors including the geographic location or locations of the amenities concerned, the standard of facilities currently in use at each location and the level of upgrade works required, which would be expected to vary from one location to another, having regard to site specific considerations.
Procurement of all such works would be required to comply with all relevant EU and domestic legislative and policy requirements as determined by the National Public Procurement Policy Guidance and Capital Works Management Framework published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Value for money will be a critical and inherent objective of the procurement process for the contracting authority concerned.
