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show that €352,836 was spent on 24- hour security at the Ballaghboy site which is ongoing and €116,532 was
spent on security at the Glenina site.
The requirement for 24-hour secu- rity at Gleninagh was part of a deal with local residents and this has been replicated at the Ballghboy site.
The Ballaghboy site is due to be de- molished before the end of the year as part of an agreement with local residents and it will be replaced by a permanent site for six families.
The council spent €219,000 on legal costs arising out of the capital element of its Traveller accommoda- none) EIeF
The largest amount was spent in relation to a halting site at Bally- macraven on the outskirts of En- nistymon where legal fees amounted to €163,000 with €34,457 going to
James Connolly SC and €23,777 go- ing to Patrick G Quinn BL.
The biggest beneficiaries were council solicitors, Michael Houlihan & Partners, who received €126,747 on dealing with legal issues on five Traveller accommodation sites and one house purchase.
€3.589 million has been paid to consultants as part of the building programme.
The local firm to do most construc- tion work on the Traveller accom- modation programme was Keco Ltd who received a total of €2.139 mil- lion.
SU clon cnwecmmpuce kore Ot UL mm epeeeLeye| for work on the Ballaghboy site; €254,158 for the temporary site at
Glenina and €85,228 for the halting site at Ballymaley .
M Fitzgibbon & Co. received €330,290 for refurbishment of the Ashline site on the Kilrush Road in Ennis, while L&M Keating received €678,214.
Architectural firm, Dermot & Sean Merry received €135,377 for design- ing seven Traveller accommodation sites, while other companies to work on the programme included Erina- ceous Consult Serv (Ire) Ltd who were paid €132,639
Michael Lillis & Co Ltd was paid €64,930 for work carried out at the number of sites, while consultant engineer Paddy Coleman was paid €21,140.