AQO 537/16-21 Oral question to the Minister for Communities

To ask the Minister for Communities what community benefit commitments were included in the tender from the successful contractor for the Windsor Park redevelopment.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 13 October 2016

  • Answered
  • Oral
Tabled
13 October 2016
Answer due by
24 October 2016
Answered
24 October 201611 days after tabling
Department
Department for Communities
Priority question
No

Answer

The contracts for each of the Stadium Projects include terms for robust social clauses, targeted at sectors facing greatest inequalities within areas of greatest objective need, concerning employment of Long-Term Unemployed, apprenticeships, work placements and delivery of a specific number of practical proposals to benefit the community and to deliver social returns.

The contractor for the Windsor Park project O’Hare and McGovern made an undertaking to deliver more than the identified five practical projects to deliver community initiatives and to return public benefits to the community e.g. school site visits and a charity fund raising event.

All targets in relation to Long Term Unemployed, Apprentices and Placement Student positions have been achieved for the project.

Official sources