The fencing referred to was erected at the request of the Garda to provide a high level of security for the temporary helipad in use during the 1 May EU accession celebrations. It was provided at less than the usual cost by the company staging a concert on the same site in the park on 12 June. By allowing the fencing to remain in place between the accession day celebrations and the concert, the cost to the OPW for its use on the accession day was significantly less that it might otherwise have been. It will be removed immediately after the 12 June event.
The supply of the fencing was done under a negotiated procedure to take advantage of the economically beneficial opportunity outlined above. That cost is below the threshold for which EU tendering procedures apply.