Holly Cairns
Question:721. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; and when the upgrade is expected to be completed. [26544/21]
View answerTuesday, 18 May 2021
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute.
Following a competitive tender competition, the Department awarded a contract to construct a 216 metre quay extension on Dinish Island, Castletownbere. Work commenced on the €25m project in October 2018 and, to date, there has been significant progress in the delivery of the project, with a substantial element of the works now completed.
On 12th October 2020, the successful contractor applied to the High Court to enter voluntary examinership. In accordance with the Public Works Contract, my Department terminated it’s contract with the contractor on 22nd October 2020.
The Department has been working closely with our Consulting Engineers since the termination of the contract to plan the completion of the works. COVID-19 restrictions have meant the necessary closure of construction sites including for this project.
To complete the project, following the termination of the contract, the Department tendered the remaining works in a number of smaller packages. Some of these packages including anode supply, installation and Site Investigation are now complete.
The Essential Works Contract (Phase 1 of Completion) was recently awarded at a cost of €1.189m (excluding VAT). This is ongoing and on programme, and is scheduled to be completed in August 2021 (subject to public health restrictions).
The Completion Works Tender (Phase 2) documents are finalised and were issued to tender last month. The Completion Works are scheduled to commence in August 2021 and be substantially completed in March 2022.